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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Failure behavior ratios from the differently oriented bearing specimens (%)

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

Orientationa

Shear at the front

Crack at the top

Crack at the front

Split at the front

Crushing

RL

0

100

0

87.5

100

TL

0

100

0

25.0

75.0

LR

12.5

100

0

0

75.0

TR

12.5

75.0

0

0

0

LT

0

100

0

0

75.0

RT

100

100

12.5

0

50.0

  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)