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Table 5 Influence of nail spacing on shear stiffness

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

Types of models

Single nail

5D

6D

7D

8D

Shear stiffness (kN/mm)

163.33

106.90

100.50

94.87

89.85

Reduction factor \(\eta\)

1

0.654

0.615

0.581

0.550

Uneven coefficient λ at 0.2P

1

0.953

0.939

0.935

0.928

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