Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Behaviour of steel to timber connections in fire and normal conditions
A. Bouchaïr & P. Racher
Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Institut Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
CNRS, UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Aubière, France
D. Dhima
CSTB, Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France
ABSTRACT: Experimental and numerical modelling program was performed in France. It concerned tests on
steel-to-timber connections with various mechanical loadings, in normal and fire conditions. The experimental
results show the failure modes of the connections including the brittle or ductile character. They are used