Single Shear Timber Connection.
Single Shear Timber Connection.
(OP)
I'm looking for help in evaluating the strength of a wood peg (dowel) connection in single shear.
I studied an old church building in which the rafter sill plate was attached to the ceiling joists with 1-inch diameter wood pegs. The pegs failed. I thought it would be a simple matter to calculate the amount of force required to cause the failure. I was wrong. I have found information for steel-doweled connections in single shear and wood pegs in double sheer, but *nothing* that discusses the strength of a wood peg (or dowel) in single shear.
Any help at all is appreciated.
I studied an old church building in which the rafter sill plate was attached to the ceiling joists with 1-inch diameter wood pegs. The pegs failed. I thought it would be a simple matter to calculate the amount of force required to cause the failure. I was wrong. I have found information for steel-doweled connections in single shear and wood pegs in double sheer, but *nothing* that discusses the strength of a wood peg (or dowel) in single shear.
Any help at all is appreciated.






RE: Single Shear Timber Connection.
Otherwise I'd imagine its as simple as:
Vn=Fc*A where Fc is the allowable stress of the HARDwood species in compression perpendicular to grain.
Maybe I'm missing something though..
RE: Single Shear Timber Connection.
http://www.awc.org/pdf/TR12.pdf
RE: Single Shear Timber Connection.
RE: Single Shear Timber Connection.
I believe they have values for oak pegs