The fire resistance of timber connections is relatively unknown in the construction and design industries even though they are widely used. This research focuses on the fire resistance of nailed, screwed, bolted and self-drilling doweled connections in laminated veneer lumber (LVL) timber. These connections have been found to have high strength under cold or normal temperature but hardly achieved 30 minutes fire rating in the furnace tests. To establish the performance of connections, an investigation was carried out on the compressive strength of connections by having compressive tests using an Instron Testing Machine. Similar connections were tested at simulated fire conditions under constant load in a custom-built furnace. The different fasteners used and the arrangement of the connections gave different connection strengths at ambient and elevated temperature.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/1089 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Lau, Puong Hock |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Puong Hock Lau, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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