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glulam connections
i am looking for a good reference on design of heavy glulam trusses, with particular emphasis on connections design. the apa guides are ok for conventional trusses, but they seem to have limited resources for heavier, customized design. any suggestions are welcome.
try "design of wood structures-asd", 4th edition,
breyer, fridley, and cobeen, mcgraw-hill
has pretty good treatment of connection design. at the level you are seeking, the design is a bit more than "cookbook". you'll have to slug it out through the details of edge distances, stress direction vs. wood properties, etc.
also pick up the timber construction manual from aitc, it has a few examples of glulam truss design, including connections.
ron, daveking:
thanks for your suggestions. these are excellent books indeed. it appears, that our selection of reference materials on glulam and heavy timbers is quite limited when compared to other building materials.
mr. inzynier,
refer aitc 鈥?timber construction manual鈥?chapter 6- design of structural systems. all the details are available includes design, erection and connections etc.,. for design of timber structural systems both glued laminated timber and swan lumber as per aitc provisions are available in staad.pro.
ksreedhar

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