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Estimation of shear moduli of wood by quasi-simple shear tests
Journal of Wood Science volume 49, pages 479–484 (2003)
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A quasi-simple shear test, which is the most direct method for examining the shear properties of sheet metals, has been applied to measure the shear moduli of wood. Buna (Fagus crenata Blume) with variously sized shear regions was used for the test specimens. Strain gauges were mounted in the center of the shear regions to measure the shear strains. The shear tests were carried out to determine the shear moduli in the radial and tangential planes. Apparent shear moduli obtained from the experimental results were corrected by finite element method (FEM) simulation of the shear region, where both shearing and bending are produced. It was found that the corrected shear moduli are roughly independent of test conditions, and their values are in good agreement with the data obtained from bending-shear tests. This suggests that the method employed here can effectively estimate the shear moduli of wood.
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Part of this research was presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Materials Science, Osaka, May 2001
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Naruse, K. Estimation of shear moduli of wood by quasi-simple shear tests. J Wood Sci 49, 479–484 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-003-0515-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-003-0515-0