LATERAL AND WITHDRAWAL LOAD RESISTANCE OF GLULAM RIVET CONNECTIONS MADE WITH SAWN TIMBER

The efficiency of glulam rivets has made them one of the most suitable connectors in heavy timber construction utilizing glued-laminated tim ber (glulam) members. Starting with the 1994 version of the CSA Standa rd for Engineering Design in Wood, design procedures are also availabl e for the use of glulam rivet connections with sawn timbers. In the co urse of formulating these design provisions, several series of lateral resistance and withdrawal tests were performed using glulam rivets wi th sawn timbers to study the effects of material (sawn timber versus g lulam), species, loading type and direction, environmental conditions, density, waiting period between assembly and test, pre-drilling, and plate thickness. The newly added design provisions increase structural engineers' choice of fastening systems in timber construction.