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

Figure 4

(a) The PlyBoard specimen, ; grain orientation was vertical in the uplift tests and horizontal in the shear tests; (b) the steel connection plate, , quality S355, with hole pattern for the four-fastener configuration; the two-fastener configuration had only the corner holes and the single configuration (used in the uplift tests) had a centre hole; (c) the Adjufix frame screw, self-drilling, size 6.7 × 42 mm, = 6.7 mm, = 5.8 mm. Note that the notation in figure (b) corresponds to the notations in (5a), (5b), and (6a) and is valid for the uplift tests. For the shear tests this is changed so that = 15 mm and = 40 mm.

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