Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 2 Mechanical properties of plywood made of thermally modified beech veneers impregnated with 50% melamine solution (±standard deviation)
Sample | Direction | Compressive strength (N mm−2) | Tensile strength | Bending strength | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
σMa (N mm−2) | MOE (kN mm−2) | MOR (N mm−2) | MOE (kN mm−2) | |||
Reference0 | Parallel | 38 ± 2 | 69 ± 9 | 8.8 ± 0.9 | 126 ± 10 | 12.9 ± 1.1 |
Perpendicular | 55 ± 2 | 88 ± 11 | 13.2 ± 1.3 | 54 ± 4 | 3.8 ± 0.2 | |
Reference | Parallel | 37 ± 3 | 49 ± 3 | 6.8 ± 0.6 | 93 ± 7 | 11.6 ± 0.6 |
Perpendicular | 47 ± 4 | 66 ± 8 | 8.8 ± 0.9 | 45 ± 3 | 3.6 ± 0.2 | |
Plasma | Parallel | 44 ± 1 | 52 ± 7 | 7.5 ± 0.7 | 107 ± 8 | 12 ± 1.1 |
Perpendicular | 56 ± 4 | 68 ± 10 | 9.9 ± 1.1 | 52 ± 4 | 4.9 ± 0.4 | |