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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Statistical analysis of bearing properties from differently oriented bearing specimens

From: Comparisons of bearing properties for various oriented glulam using digital image correlation

Bearing properties

Orientationsa

p value

RL

TL

RT

TR

LR

LT

PLb (kN)

20.60

20.95

    

< 0.0001

  

14.60

13.16

  
    

6.74

8.44

Pyc (kN)

29.49

31.22

    

< 0.0001

  

19.77

17.46

  
    

8.86

10.49

σbd (MPa)

22.57

21.90

    

< 0.0001

  

13.53

12.41

  
    

6.47

7.31

  1. aGrain directions: longitudinal (L), radial (R), and tangential (T) (note: the first letter indicates the length direction of a pin lies and the second letter indicates the applied loading direction)
  2. bProportional limit load
  3. cYield load
  4. dBearing strength