ABSTRACT
The employment of timber pegs in timber structure joints is a widespread technology in the field of timber frame building in the USA, where the Timber Frame Engineering Council has published a special Standard to supplement the National Design Specification for Wood Construction. The Authors have been studying the possibility of supplementing the Eurocode 5 design formulas, thought for timber joints with metal connectors, with specifications needed for a reliable design when employing timber pegs. The field of application envisaged is that of restoring timber structures and results obtained are quite encouraging. The employment of timber pegs in timber structure joints is a consolidate technology in the field of timber frame building in the USA. After about two decades of theoretical and experimental research, the lack of adequate codes has been overcome by the Timber Frame Engineering Council through the publication of the Standard for Design of Timber Frame Structures and Commentary.
