Structural characteristics of beam-column connections using compressed wood dowels and plates

11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2749-2756

  Guan, Zhongwei ^a   Komatsu, Kohei ^b   Jung, Kiho ^b   Kitamori, Akihisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compressed wood; Dowel; Finite element; Joint; Non metallic fastener timber

Indexed keywords

BEAM - COLUMN CONNECTION; CONTACT CONDITIONS; DOWEL; ELASTOPLASTIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOMETRICAL CONDITIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LINEAR ELASTIC MATERIAL; LOADING CONDITION; MOMENT-ROTATION RELATIONSHIP; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; NON-METALLIC; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIMBER FASTENERS; TIMBER JOINTS; WOOD DOWELS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOCKS (FASTENERS); TIMBER;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 84870419711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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