The study of wooden plate bamboo connection system with the addition of wooden clamp was
carried out taking into account the variety the angle of the stems at the joint. The loading was preceded
through the application of compressive force at the joint’s member understudied up to reaching the maximum
load and the connection was collapsed. It is known that the strength of bamboo not parallel to the direction of
the fiber is lower than those parallel to fiber. Therefore, the strength of connection must be determined
considering the strength of bamboo not parallel to the fiber direction. The experiment was carried out under
static loading on the bamboo truss connections model with the various angle of connection stems of 0o
, 30o
and 45o toward bamboo fiber direction. From the test result, it was found that there is a decrease in the
connection strength at stem angle of 30o and 45o for about 16,80% and 12,21%, respectively, compared to the
strength of the stem angle of 0o
. The test results also resulted the value of average elastic stiffness (Se) of the
connection also indicates a decrease in the of elastic stiffness value (Se) of the connection for the stem’s angle
30o and 45o for about 42,62% and 82,95%, respectively, compared to stem angle of 0o
. It can be concluded
that there is a decrease in the strength and stiffness of the joints along with the increase in stem’s angle of the
bamboo truss connection system using wooden plate and clamp