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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Summary of the reliability results for the strength adjustment factors in cross laminated timber (CLT)

From: Reliability analysis and duration-of-load strength adjustment factor of the rolling shear strength of cross laminated timber

Load case

Factor \( K_{\text{D}} \) when \( \beta = 2.8 \) in the reliability analysis

Five-layer

Three-layer

Thirty-year snow load in Quebec City

0.428

0.422

Thirty-year snow load in Ottawa

0.434

0.448

Thirty-year snow load in Saskatoon

0.460

0.464

Thirty-year snow load in Halifax

0.466

0.462

Thirty-year snow load in Vancouver

0.617

0.566

Thirty-year dead load only

0.371

0.445