1 - AS 1649-1998 TIMBER - METHODS OF TEST FOR MECHANICAL FASTENERS AND CONNECTORS - BASIC WORKING LOADS AND CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTHS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
6 - 1.3.1 Fastener
7 - 1.3.2 Category A fasteners
7 - 1.3.3 Category B fasteners
8 - 1.3.4 Category C fasteners
8 - 1.3.5 Category D fasteners
8 - 1.4 NOTATION
9 - 1.5 SAMPLING OF FASTENERS AND TIMBER
9 - 1.5.1 Fasteners
9 - 1.5.2 Timber
10 - 1.6 TEST CONDITIONS FOR TIMBER
10 - 1.6.1 Dry timber
10 - 1.6.2 Green timber tested green
10 - 1.6.3 Green timber tested dry
11 - 1.7 CONDUCT OF TESTS
11 - 1.7.1 Apparatus
11 - 1.7.2 Temperature
11 - 1.7.3 Moisture content and density
11 - 1.7.4 Specimens for establishing design properties
11 - 1.7.5 Time of testing
11 - 1.8 TEST SPECIES FOR JOINT STRENGTH GROUPS
13 - SECTION 2 TEST PROCEDURES
13 - 2.1 WITHDRAWAL TEST - FOR CATEGORY A FASTENERS ONLY
13 - 2.1.1 General
13 - 2.1.2 Number of test specimens
13 - 2.1.3 Preparation of test specimens
14 - 2.1.4 Test procedure
14 - 2.1.5 Report
15 - 2.2 LATERAL RESISTANCE TESTS FOR JOINTS
15 - 2.2.1 Introduction
15 - 2.2.2 Test specimens
15 - 2.2.3 Number of test specimens
16 - 2.2.4 Test procedure for Category A fasteners
17 - 2.2.5 Test procedure for Category B fasteners
19 - 2.2.6 Test procedure for Category C fasteners
25 - 2.2.7 Test procedure for Category D fasteners
28 - SECTION 3 BASIC WORKING LOADS, STIFFNESS AND CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTHS
28 - 3.1 GENERAL
28 - 3.2 DERIVATION OF BASIC WORKING LOADS
28 - 3.2.1 General
28 - 3.2.2 Basic working loads in withdrawal
29 - 3.2.3 Basic lateral working loads for Category A fasteners
29 - 3.2.4 Basic lateral working loads for Category B fasteners
30 - 3.2.5 Basic lateral working loads for Category C fasteners
31 - 3.2.6 Basic lateral working loads for Category D fasteners
31 - 3.2.7 Summary of load factors
32 - 3.3 BASIC WORKING LOADS FOR NON-STANDARD CONDITIONS
32 - 3.3.1 Duration of loading
33 - 3.3.2 Fastener spacing
33 - 3.3.3 Timber dimensions
33 - 3.3.4 Angle of grain
33 - 3.3.5 Single and double shear
33 - 3.3.6 Metal side plates
33 - 3.3.7 Multiple fasteners
34 - 3.3.8 Timber density
34 - 3.4 STIFFNESS OF JOINTS
34 - 3.5 CHARACTERISTIC LOAD CAPACITIES FOR LIMIT STATES DESIGN
34 - 3.5.1 General
34 - 3.5.2 Nails and screws in withdrawal
35 - 3.5.3 Fasteners in lateral load
36 - APPENDIX A - RECOMMENDED SPECIES FOR JOINT GROUP TESTING
37 - APPENDIX B - METHODS FOR CALCULATING THE MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION OF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AND THE 5TH PERCENTILE LOWER PROBABILITY