Date of Award

Summer 1986

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

First Advisor

Faherty, Keith

Second Advisor

Wenzel, Thomas H.

Abstract

In recent years, the use of metal plate connected parallel-chord wood trusses has expanded from residential use to include commercial, industrial, and institutional uses. Long span 4x2 parallel-chord trusses are now seeing very high joint forces, and large metal connector plates are required to transfer these forces. In many cases, these plates are larger than the wood of the joints that they are connecting.

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