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Advances in Bridge Engineering

Table 3 Influence of the number of nail layers on shear stiffness

From: Methodology for calculating load capacity reduction and slip relationship of clustered group nail connectors

Types of models

Single nail

3R

5R

7R

Shear stiffness (kN/mm)

163.33

142.22

106.90

81.42

Stiffne reduction factor

1

0.871

0.654

0.499

Uneven coefficient λ at 0.2P

1

0.96

0.95

0.918

Uneven coefficient λ at 0.4P

1

0.972

0.969

0.953

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