Wood Truss Connections Design

[MohEssa]

Hello,
There's A Bridge Design Competition Starting at My University which i am a Member of it's academic Managing Team
The Idea is to teach First & Second Year Students how to build a Wood Truss Bridge Of Dimensions 45-50cm Span & 10 cm Cantil. & 12 cm Height At MAX
The Bridge Then Will Go To Test Phase with 2 Categories , First One Determining MAX Load For Each Bridge Until Failure & Second Is Handling With A Moving Load
I Face Some Problems In Understanding The Connections Design Procedure
I Searched For References & Books But Unfortunately didn't Find What I am Looking for
Our Truss Models Members will be of 6 x 6 mm Square & 5mm Circular Diameter Dimensions
So The Bolt Connections Will not be good , we actually will use White Glue For The Connections
We Got the glue's properties
But The Design Procedure isn't clear to me till now
any help will be greatly appreciated

 

[jayrod12]

I don't know if you could realistically apply any design to the connections. I think you design the members for their forces, and then pray that the glue gets enough bond and has enough strength to transfer the stresses between members at the nodes.

 

[MohEssa]

There are many kinds of Glue, as i was notified some of them is powerful
The Problem is in 2 things that i couldn't find
1- Plates Design Procedure
2- Glue Calculations ( How Much I Need For The Connection & Area Of Contact Between Member , Glue & Plate )