Technical Note Design of glued-in rods or bars

NZS 3603 and its soon to be released replacement NZS AS 1720.1 do not contain provisions for the designof glued-in rods or bars. Currently, reference is normally made to Chapter 29 of the Timber Design Guide(Buchanan et al. 2007), which outlines design provisions based on testing of a limited number of locally availableglues and epoxies.Europe require the design of glued-in rods or bars to be carried out in accordance with the German NationalAnnex to Eurocode 5 (DIN, 2013).The following technical note follows the current methods contained in the German National Annex to Eurocode5 (DIN, 2013). These provisions can be considered as an alternative to Chapter 29 of the Timber Design Guide.Formatting has been made to be consistent with DZ NZS AS 1720.1/V6.0 (here cited as NZS AS 1720.1 for clarity).Commentary boxes are provided to explain the background of the provisions and to provide further guidance.