<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The presence of water in wooden elements is very important because it represents the key in the determination of the resistances of a wooden sample. The influences of the environmental conditions like temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain are constantly changing wood properties. The paper presents the different types of water that are found in a wooden piece together with experimental results on the displacement of double-shear wooden connections with wooden dowels that have been modified in two pre-established environments. The moisture content has been changed from 12% natural moisture of wood in normal building conditions to 8% and 16% for wood that is found in different climatic conditions. The experimental results are then compared with numerical calculations from the international standard Eurocode 5.</p></abstract>

The presence of water in wooden elements is very important because it represents the key in the determination of the resistances of a wooden sample. The influences of the environmental conditions like temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain are constantly changing wood properties. The paper presents the different types of water that are found in a wooden piece together with experimental results on the displacement of double-shear wooden connections with wooden dowels that have been modified in two pre-established environments. The moisture content has been changed from 12% natural moisture of wood in normal building conditions to 8% and 16% for wood that is found in different climatic conditions. The experimental results are then compared with numerical calculations from the international standard Eurocode 5.

Experimental Campaign and Analysis on Double-Shear Wooden Connections

Technical University of Civil Engineering

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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The presence of water in wooden elements is very important because it represents the key in the determination of the resistances of a wooden sample. The...

Experimental Campaign and Analysis on Double-Shear Wooden Connections

Data publikacji: 02 mar 2019

Zakres stron: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2018-0007

Słowa kluczowe
moisture content, displacement, dowel-type joints, wooden dowels, monotonic tests

© 2018 Ioana Teodorescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Experimental Campaign and Analysis on Double-Shear Wooden Connections

Data publikacji: 02 mar 2019

Zakres stron: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2018-0007

Słowa kluczowemoisture content, displacement, dowel-type joints, wooden dowels, monotonic tests

© 2018 Ioana Teodorescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
moisture content, displacement, dowel-type joints, wooden dowels, monotonic tests