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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Comparison between experimental results and calculation results for axial bolt force ratio (Th: 30 mm)

From: Elastic interaction in multiple bolted timber joints

Th [mm]

S [mm]

Bolt Number

Axial bolt force ratio

Se.1

A → B → C → D

Se.2

A → D → B → C

Se.3

A → C → B → D

Se.4

B → C → A → D

Exp.

Cal.

Cal./Exp.

Exp.

Cal.

Cal./Exp.

Exp.

Cal.

Cal./Exp.

Exp.

Cal.

Cal./Exp.

30

48

A

0.81

0.59

0.73

0.84

0.59

0.70

0.86

0.59

0.68

–

–

–

B

0.79

0.54

0.68

0.82

0.54

0.65

–

–

–

0.78

− 0.08

0.00

C

0.78

0.52

0.67

–

–

–

0.70

− 0.02

0.00

0.81

0.52

0.64

D

–

–

–

0.83

0.48

0.58

–

–

–

–

–

–

60

A

0.76

0.72

0.94

0.78

0.72

0.91

0.79

0.72

0.91

–

–

–

B

0.75

0.74

0.99

0.82

0.74

0.90

–

–

–

0.74

0.47

0.63

C

0.84

0.77

0.91

–

–

–

0.78

0.47

0.60

0.84

0.77

0.91

D

–

–

–

0.87

0.67

0.77

–

–

–

–

–

–

72

A

0.80

0.84

1.05

0.83

0.84

1.01

0.85

0.84

0.98

–

–

–

B

0.78

0.84

1.07

0.86

0.85

0.99

–

–

–

0.78

0.71

0.90

C

0.75

0.85

1.13

–

–

–

0.74

0.68

0.92

0.83

0.84

1.01

D

–

–

–

0.83

0.85

1.03

–

–

–

–

–

–

84

A

0.89

0.91

1.02

0.90

0.91

1.02

0.89

0.91

1.02

–

–

–

B

0.88

0.91

1.04

0.92

0.91

0.99

–

–

–

0.92

0.83

0.91

C

0.88

0.91

1.04

–

–

–

0.90

0.84

0.94

0.90

0.91

1.02

D

–

–

–

0.86

0.92

1.06

–

–

–

–

–

–