GIROD - Glued in rods for timber structures. SMT4-CT97-2199

Glued-in rods have been used for a number of years in several of the EU Member States which are active in timber engineering. They are an economically, architecturally and industrially attractive means of transferring forces within a structure, and of providing local reinforcement to critical zones of timber members. They also provide an important technology for the repair and upgrading of historically important timber structures which exist throughout Europe. Not withstanding their importance, internatonally acknowledged design rules for glued-in rods do not exist. The lack of standards and design rules within the field of glued-in rods lead to this project being initiated