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Timber Frame Tension Joinery - Timber Frame Engineering Council

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Figure 4-7 RT Block Orientation.....................................................................................................36<br />

Figure 4-8 LT Block Orientation.....................................................................................................36<br />

Figure 4-9 Mortise and Tenon Grain Patterns...............................................................................37<br />

Figure 4-10 Full-size Joint Test Apparatus.....................................................................................38<br />

Figure 4-11 Full-size Test Specimen ...............................................................................................38<br />

Figure 5-1 Normal Distribution.......................................................................................................40<br />

Figure 5-2 Relationship Between Specific Gravity and Bending Yield Stress...........................45<br />

Figure 5-3 Red Oak Growth Rings vs. Specific Gravity ..............................................................48<br />

Figure 5-4 White Oak Growth Rings vs. Specific Gravity...........................................................48<br />

Figure 5-5 Average Shear Yield Stresses.........................................................................................50<br />

Figure 5-6 5% Exclusion Values From Shear Tests .....................................................................51<br />

Figure 6-1 Full-size Test Diagram ...................................................................................................58<br />

Figure 6-2 End, Edge Distances ......................................................................................................58<br />

Figure 6-3 Full-size Mortise and Tenon Connection....................................................................58<br />

Figure 6-4 Sample Connection Design Values ..............................................................................60<br />

Figure 6-5 Double Shear Yield Equations......................................................................................61<br />

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