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2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of nylon plate joints with dowels in post and beam constructions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13660162
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 林産学
Research InstitutionMie University

Principal Investigator

TOKUDA Michio  Mie University, Faculty of Bioresources, Professor, 生物資源学部, 教授 (50012018)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) UCHISAKO Takayuki  Mie University, Faculty of Bioresources, Research Associate, 生物資源学部, 助手 (80232841)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Keywordsnylon plate joints / post and beam construction / static lateral loading test / two-way cyclic loading / creep test / impact loading
Research Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the load carrying capacity of nylon plate joints with dowels instead of steel plate joints with dowels. Four kinds of tests were conducted ; static shear test, two-way cyclic loading test, creep test and impact test. The following results were obtained.
1) In the static shear test, strength and stiffness of nylon joints was inferior to those of steel plate joint. However, since the failure mode was the same as that of steel plate joints and little plate crack was seen.
2) Under the two-way cyclic loading up to yield load, there was no failure in the nylon plate joints.
3) There were no serious differences in creep tests among nylon plate joints, steel plate joints and pre-cut joints.
4) There were no serious differences in impact loading tests between nylon plate joints and pre-cut joints
Summing up the above results in conclusion, nylon plate joints can be used for the post and beam construction.
Durability and fire retardant characteristics were not considered in this study, but since the nylon plates are used in the wood, the nylon plate joints may be free from the ultra-violet light and the heat due to fire.

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Published: 2004-04-14  

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