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Governing Yield Modes For Common Bolted And Nailed Wood Connections, Brian J. Tucker, David Pollock, Kenneth J. Fridley, Jeffrey J. Peters
Governing Yield Modes For Common Bolted And Nailed Wood Connections, Brian J. Tucker, David Pollock, Kenneth J. Fridley, Jeffrey J. Peters
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Connections in wood structures are important when designing for ductility. The 1997 Uniform Building Code has taken this into consideration when designating wind and earthquake load duration factors for connections. Factors of 1.6 or 1.33 may be applied to the connection strength, depending on the type of yield mode exhibited by the connection, which may be determined from the yield limit equations supplied in the National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS). The NDS provides the designer with multiple tables containing capacities for various common connections. Unfortunately, yield modes are not published along with tabulated capacities. Therefore, the designer must …