Ratsch, N.N.RatschBöhm, S.S.BöhmVoß, M.M.VoßVallee, T.T.Vallee2022-03-062022-03-062021https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/27003910.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123665Adhesive bonding is considered a special process, for which very high quality standards exist with regard to manufacturing. These include, amongst other, controlled environmental conditions and avoidance of any contamination of adherend's surfaces, for which reasons it is performed in dedicated shops by staff specially trained for these tasks. Additionally, because bonding is performed in dedicated environments, a large palette of techniques to accelerate curing can effectively be applied. Totally different is the situation in the construction and building industry, where - excluding prefabrication - significant work has to be performed on site, with all imaginable environmental and contaminational issues critical for adhesive bonding. This paper indicates, for glued-in rods (GiR), a typical joint type of wide use in timber engineering, that it is in principle possible to perform structurally loaded bonded connections on-site, considering all aforedescribed adverse issues. For that, 192 GiR, resulting of the combination of four adhesives, two accelerated curing techniques, and four imperfection types considered relevant, were considered, and their effect on joint capacity evaluated. The results showed that, depending upon the adhesive, a relatively high level of robustness with regard to the adverse conditions prevailing on construction and building sites can be achieved.en620660671journal article