Novel mass timber beam hangers and CLT hold downs

MyTiCon是一家专业供应商，为商业、工业和住宅项目中的现代大型木材和重型木材应用提供连接系统。MyTiCon目前提供的梁吊架可以适应30 kN到130 kN的载荷范围。随着大块木材构件在更大、更高的建筑中的应用越来越多，对更坚固的大块木材连接的要求也越来越高。然而，在加拿大，没有额定载荷超过130千牛的商业尺寸的大质量木梁吊架。MyTiCon有兴趣开发一种阻力在130千牛顿到200千牛顿之间的新型梁吊架连接系统，以满足不断增长的市场需求。该梁吊架系统预计将进行预先设计，准备发货并在当地制造。在这个项目中，将使用实验室测试和数值模拟技术来研究这种新连接系统的电阻和破坏模式。此外，在交叉层压木结构中，墙到地板的角托架尚未纳入加拿大木材设计标准。通过试验试验和数值模拟分析，对一种简单的角支架连接系统进行了研究，研究了其抗剪能力、抗拔能力和复合荷载作用下的承载力。这项研究的成功将使MyTiCon能够提供扩展当前限制的集成连接解决方案，并为设计工程师提供更大和更高的木结构建筑的现成连接产品和技术，这最终将使公司和加拿大的大规模木材工业受益。****

MyTiCon is a specialty supplier of connection systems for modern mass-timber and heavy-timber applications in commercial, industrial and residential projects. The beam hangers MyTiCon currently provides could fit into the load ranges between 30 kN to 130 kN. With the increase of application of mass timber elements in larger and taller buildings, the demands for stronger mass timber connections have also been increased. However, no commercial size mass timber beam hangers with load ratings beyond 130 kN are available in Canada. MyTiCon is interested in developing a novel beam hanger connection system with resistance between 130 kN and 200 KN to fulfill the growing market needs. This beam hanger system is expected to be pre-engineered, ready to ship and locally manufactured. In this project, both lab tests and numerical modeling techniques will be used to investigate the resistance and failure modes of this new connection system. Further to that, the wall to floor angle brackets in cross laminated timber structures have not been incorporated into the Canadian timber design standards. A simple angle bracket connection system will be investigated via both experimental tests and numerical modeling analysis to address its shear capacity, uplift capacity and the capacity under combined loadings. The success of this research will enable MyTiCon to provide integrated connection solutions that extend the current limit and provide design engineers the off the shelf connection products and technology for larger and taller timber buildings, which will eventually benefit both the company and the mass timber industry in Canada.****