Evaluating the SWS bolted connection strength of Bitis wood

• Main Authors: Erwan, Sukarman, Abdul Razak, Abdul Karim, Norazzlina, M.Sa'don, Abdul Azim, Abdullah, Siti Hanim, Sahari, Nur Liza, Rahim, Pierre, Quenneville
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MIM RESEARCH GROUP 2023
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43555/5/Evaluating.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43555/; https://jresm.org/archive/online_first.html

The current study was conducted to evaluate the strength of the steel-wood-steel (SWS) bolted connections of Bitis wood. The wood was chosen because it is commonly used as the structural elements of the as-built floor and roof diaphragms in Malaysian unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. This presen...