Title Proposal and Verification of a Steel?Timber Hybrid Glued-in Rod Beam?Column Connection through Finite Element Analysis
Authors 이병우(Lee, Byungwoo) ; 장대희(Jang, Daehee) ; 박지수(Park, Jisu) ; 오근영(Oh, Keunyeong) ; 이강민(Lee, Kangmin)
DOI https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2026.42.5.335
Page pp.335-344
ISSN 2733-6247
Keywords Hybrid Connection; Glued-in Rod; Glued Laminated Timber; Moment-Resisting Frame; Finite Element Analysis
Abstract This study proposes a steel?timber hybrid Glued-in Rod (GIR) beam?column connection suitable for moment-resisting frames, and investigates its structural behavior through finite element analysis to establish an appropriate design approach. An FEA model was developed based on previous GIR connection tests, and its validity was confirmed by comparing the initial stiffness, peak strength, and failure modes with experimental results. The validated model was then used to construct the proposed connection, followed by parametric analysis considering Steel section dimensions, the use of reduced beam sections, and the number of embedded reinforcing bars. The analysis revealed that the proposed connection exhibited semi-rigid behavior in terms of initial stiffness. In addition, the connection maintained more than 80% of its peak strength at a rotation of 0.04 rad. The parametric results further indicated that when the plastic moment of the steel beam (Mpb) is smaller than the moment at the plastic hinge location corresponding to the peak GIR resistance (Mh,gir), yielding occurs in the steel beam prior to rod pull-out, thereby preventing brittle failure. This study provides fundamental insight into the behavior of hybrid GIR connections and establishes a basis for developing an appropriate design concept for such systems.