| Summary: | Wood connections are usually using bolts or nails. However, the use of
metal materials have an unfavorable impact as in the manufacturing process
produces pollution, as well as a non-renewable materials. Under these conditions,
the use of connections made from natural materials such as bamboo being the next
option. Based on previous research on the physical and mechanical properties of
bamboo that have high strength, so the bamboo has a great potential to be a
connecting tool to substitute bolts and nails.
In this research, the testing of physical properties for Sengon wood LVL
such as strength embedment test, moisture content, and density. While for the
mechanical properties of Petung bamboo as a connecting form of fiber partial
perpendicular compression test and connecting tool bending test. On testing the
connection is done with two angles which have fiber parallel connections with the
variations of the diameter of 10, 12 and 16 mm, while for the connections which
is perpendicular to the fiber only have diameter of 16 mm. The test results will
also compared with the calculation based on the EYM and ISO equations on 2005.
From the test results obtained properties of the density Sengon wood LVL
that is density 0.34, moisture content 15.03%, embedment strength 0o and 90o
respectively 24.67 MPa and 9 MPa. For the Petung bamboo properties that is
partial stress 90o worth of 14.875 MPa and modulus of rupture worth of 131,19
MPa. Fiber parallel connection test results showed that the greater of the diameter
means the higher of the strength, the diameter of 10, 12 and 16 mm have the
maximum value of 12.739 kN
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