Tests and Analyses of Slotted-In Steel-Plate Connections in Composite Timber Shear Wall Panels

Figure 13

Typical failure modes for the different configurations for tests parallel (a, b) and perpendicular (c, d, e) to grain: (a) in the wood failure range , the main failure was plug shear failure in the LVL core; (b) in the screw failure range , the screw failed in bending; (c) in the wood failure range , the main failure was in tension in the LVL core and in shear at the hardboard-LVL interface; (d) in the wood failure range , the main failure was in tension both in the LVL core and in the hardboard layers; and (e) in the screw failure range , the screw failed in bending.

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