Connections with glued-in rods in trusses made of Beech-LVL

The suitability of axially loaded glued-in rods to connect diagonals with chords in trusses made of Beech-LVL is studied experimentally. In a first step the strength and stiffness properties and the necessary structural boundary conditions (minimum spacing and distances, anchoring length) are determined and compared with the state of the art. To verify the parameters as well as the load-bearing behaviour, results of full-scale tests with trusses (span 10 m, static height 1.25 m) with different node configurations are presented.