This report concerns the testing of 8 connections constructed using steel dowels epoxy bondedinto glulam timber. Tests were conducted under simulated seismic loads. Three differenttypes of connection were tested; epoxied steel dowels only, epoxied threaded rods embeddedinto the members and bolted to the joint made from a prefabricated steel hub and thirdly,epoxied threaded rods embedded into the members but bolted to two steel side brackets, oneeach side of the column. Two types of bar were used: mild steel deformed reinforcing barsand high strength threaded rods. Several different arrangements of bars within the joint wereexamined; two different sizes of deformed bars and two different epoxy types were also used.Several connections exhibited excellent ductile behaviour and could be designed using acapacity design procedure.
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