1. Predicting the Strength of Adhesively Bonded Timber Joints Using a Probabilistic Method
Till Valle, ProfessorThomas Tannert, Research FellowSimon Hehl, Research AssistantTimber & Composites LaboratoryBern University of Applied Sciences

2. Outline
Introduction
Experimental investigations
Numerical modeling
Discussion
Conclusions
3. Introduction
Major issues related to strength prediction of bonded joints involving timber adherends

Timber has to be considered as a brittle material

4. Timber mech props have a rel. high variability 5. Stresses in the bonded splice are characterized by high peaks, especially both y and xyAs a result

Any stress based prediction method is deemed to fail