Effects of Bolt Number and Pattern on the Failure Time of Minimally Fire-Protected Glulam Beam Connections Reinforced with Self-tapping Screws.
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| Title: | Effects of Bolt Number and Pattern on the Failure Time of Minimally Fire-Protected Glulam Beam Connections Reinforced with Self-tapping Screws. |
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| Authors: | Okunrounmu, Oluwamuyiwa1 (AUTHOR), Salem, Osama2 (AUTHOR) sam.salem@lakeheadu.ca, Hadjisophocleous, George3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Fire Technology. Sep2024, Vol. 60 Issue 5, p3209-3241. 33p. |
| Subjects: | Building material testing, Fire testing, Prescribed burning, Wood, Patterns (Mathematics), Bolted joints |
| Abstract: | The experimental study presented in this paper aimed to investigate the effects of bolt number and their pattern on the failure time of minimally fire-protected glulam beam bolted connections. Four full-size glulam beam-end connection configurations reinforced perpendicular to wood grain with self-tapping screws (STS) were experimentally tested under exposure to elevated temperatures that followed the CAN/ULC S101 (Standard methods of fire endurance tests of building construction and materials. Underwriters Laboratories of Canada, Fifth edition, Ottawa, Canada, 2019) standard fire time–temperature curve. All metal connecting components (i.e., bolt heads and nuts and steel plate edges) were fire protected using wood plugs and strips, respectively. Throughout the duration of fire tests, all specimens were subjected to monotonic load causing bending moment equivalent to the maximum moment design capacity of the weakest unreinforced connection configuration. Fire test results show that the failure time of all four proposed wood–steel–wood connection configurations surpassed the 45-min mark, which is the minimum prescribed fire resistance rating for timber connections in applicable codes, with the two configurations that employed six bolts sustained the applied load for more than 60 min in standard fire conditions. Increasing the number of bolts from four to six enhanced the failure time of the proposed connection configurations with time increments more than those due to changing the bolt pattern. Most importantly, test results confirm that reinforcing the connections with STS fully curtailed wood splitting and averted row shear failure that is frequently encountered in similar but unreinforced connection configurations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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