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EWPAA Structural Plywood and LVL Design Manual - Engineered ...

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connection load carrying capacity compared to the single curvature response of the naildriven through a clearance hole illustrated in FIGURE 13.5 (b).FIGURE 13.5: Nail head fixityTABLE 13.4 gives values of k 16 for nailed <strong>and</strong> screwed joints fixing side plates of various materials.Side Plate MaterialPlate ThicknessGuideHole diameter k16Steelto >1.5D tight fitting 1.2<strong>Plywood</strong> to >1.5D 1.1Others 1.0TABLE 13.4: Values for kMultiple nail factor (k17)Multiple nail factor (k17) takes into account the fact multiple nail <strong>and</strong> screw connections result in thefailure load of a connection being less than the sum of the failure loads of all of the connectors. Thenumber of rows (n a ) of fasteners in a connection is defined as those fasteners along a line closest tonormal to the direction of the applied load as shown in FIGURE 13.6.16FIGURE 13.6 :Shows how rows are defined relative to applied load193

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