Experimental Study on Wood-Adhesive-Steel-Bolts Hybrid Connections with Slotted-in Steel Plates

• Autorzy: Kawecki Bartosz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12913/22998624/188326

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Structural connections are one of the most important parts influencing the overall performance of a wooden structure. The way of design of these can lead both to increasing and decreasing internal stresses occurring in the load-carrying elements and structure’s total deformations. Typical mechanical joints in wooden structures are defined as plastic hinges or, at best, semi-rigid. The innovative hybrid one proposed in the paper with adhesive added between elements can be much stiffer than typical connection, which can lead to assuming rigid joint and significant reduction in stresses and deformations of a structure. The research comprised 30 specimens in three groups (10 per each group: reference - without adhesive, hybrid with one-component PUR - polyurethane adhesive and hybrid with one-component PVAc – polyvinyl acetate adhesive) tested on the MTS 809 testing machine up to failure. An innovative idea was to connect elements initially by applying an accurately predicted tightening torque value to bolts. This resulted in obtaining enough clamping pressure between elements for adhesive curing, with none other equipment. The load was applied in parallel-to-grain wood direction. The results showed that utilising hybrid connection caused, both for PUR and PVAc adhesive, a huge increase in stiffness. When comparing to the reference no-adhesive, bolted connection, this was 2365% stiffer (nearly 24 times). Load-carrying capacity was higher too, however, the increase was not that significant and was at the level of 14.4% and 27.1%, for PUR and PVAc adhesives, consecutively. Worth noting is that the hybrid connection could continue to work after adhesive failure with 60% higher stiffness than the reference one and its load-carrying capacity was only 10% lower than the reference. Hybrid connections of this type can potentially serve as structural joints because of the innovative concept of combining components. Steel plates can be covered with adhesive and then inserted between wooden parts. Next, the tightened bolts can work as clamps producing enough pressure for adhesive curing, enabling the joint to be assembled directly on the construction site. Despite the mentioned advantages, before providing the connections’ design methods, the idea needs to be tested towards various effects influencing wooden structures. Incorporating numerical modelling can be extremely important too.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

hybrid connections for wooden structures; wood-adhesive-steel-bolts; slotted-in steel plates; experimental test; structural connections

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology ; Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE), Branch of PTIE in Lublin
• Czasopismo: Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 18, no 4
• Strony: 76--88
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kawecki Bartosz

• Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8134-5956

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).