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Timber Frame Tension Joinery - Timber Frame Engineering Council

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to the dowel and e is the eccentricity of the load; the material thickness and dowel diameter<br />

are t and D, respectively; the positions of the dowel pivot point and plastic hinge point are x<br />

and Z, respectively; the dowel bearing strength of the base material is F e and the bending<br />

yield strength of the dowel is F yb . Equations 3-1 and 3-2 are derived in Appendices A and B,<br />

respectively.<br />

These equations are applied to each yield mode to determine joint capacity. For<br />

instance, the single shear Mode IV has the same type of failure in both the main and side<br />

member. Therefore, Eq. 3-2 can be used for each member. From equilibrium, the yield load<br />

in each member must be equal, and is the following (Thangjitham, 1981):<br />

P=<br />

D<br />

2<br />

2F F<br />

em<br />

⎛ F<br />

31 ⎜ +<br />

⎝ F<br />

yb<br />

em<br />

es<br />

⎞<br />

⎟<br />

⎠<br />

(3-3)<br />

The above equation uses F em and F es for the dowel bearing strength in the main<br />

(thicker) and side (thinner) members, respectively.<br />

The derivation of these equations is based on the assumption that a single, unique<br />

position for the eccentricity can be found and that the resultant of the load for the entire<br />

connection is at this location. Section 3.3 contains an alternative method for calculating the<br />

yield load for Mode IV.<br />

The yield loads for the single shear modes are as follows:<br />

P D t F<br />

I m em<br />

m = ⋅ ⋅ (3-4)<br />

P D t F<br />

I s es<br />

s<br />

= ⋅ ⋅ (3-5)<br />

PII = k1 ⋅D⋅ts ⋅Fes<br />

(3-6)<br />

P<br />

III<br />

= k2<br />

⋅D⋅tm⋅F<br />

m<br />

( 1+ 2⋅R<br />

)<br />

e<br />

em<br />

(3-7)<br />

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