Abstract: The present study addresses the loading or deformation rate effect on the yield loads of nailed timber joints. Four different types of joints, which differed with respect to the thickness of the members and the angle of ...

Abstract: An apparent analytical peculiarity or paradox in the bending behavior of elastic-composite beams with interlayer slip, sandwich beams, or other similar problems subjected to boundary moments exists. For a fully composite ...

Abstract: Exact first‐ and second‐order analyses for composite beam‐columns with partial interaction and subjected to transverse and axial loading are presented. General closed‐form solutions for the displacement functions and the ...

Abstract: A state-of-the-art review of simple analytical fracture mechanics models for calculation of the splitting capacity of timber beams loaded perpendicular to the grain direction by connections is presented. It is shown that ...