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A study of spliced wooden tie-beams (1906)

Gustafson, John C · leaf 84

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3? Joint G 2. This piece broke in the connection, breaking in tensionbetween the first and second small pins. There were two knotsabove the pin at which the failure first began. There was evidently considerable crushing of the screws a-gainst the wood, the holes being distorted into a slight… … Joint G 3. Was a good clear stick, with few knots and little crossgrain. It failed in the splice due to,the shearing out of thewood in front of the lagscrews in the lower half. The lagscrewsbent considerably at the plate, but within the wood were straightand pulled over diagonally. They crushed…

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