Tensile Strength and Failure Characteristics of Common Roof Truss Joints

Timber joints have always been the weak link in timber construction. Although the load carrying capacity of the timber structure is greater than the applied load, the structural system can fail if the joints are weak. Finger jointing of short off-cut timbers for structural purposes like lightweig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdul Rahman, Mahadzir
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10095/1/FH_2002_5.pdf