ADVANCED DESIGN OF JOINTS WITH STEEL ELEMENTS IN TIMBER STRUCTURES

Abstract

Presented paper is focused on the design of timber joints with inserted steel sheet. Topicality of the problematic is presented together with a description of joints with the inner steel plate design and failure modes. The design resistance calculation is described in detail. The numerical model created in finite element software Abaqus is described. The analytical model was considered according to code EN 1995-1-1 (2006). The aim of this research is to show and compare numerical results of the timber joint with the current codified procedure provided by EN 1995-1-1 (2006), the general method and some proposals developed by other researchers recently. Furthermore, research results provide backgroung for the numerical software creation dealing with steel-timber joints. The numerical model validation made based on the analytical model is presented. Experimental programme is presented and its data serve for numerical model validation, as well.