Skip to main content

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Compressive strength of each lamina grade

From: Load sharing and weakest lamina effects on the compressive resistance of cross-laminated timber under in-plane loading

Lamina grade

Species

MOEa (GPa)

Number of specimens

Moisture contents (%)

Compressive strength (MPa)

Average

COVb (%)

Weibull distribution

Scale

Shape

5% WPEc

E12d

Larch

12–13

30

8.01

58.8

13.6

62.6

7.5

42.0

E8

Larch

8–9

30

9.03

45.9

17.0

49.3

6.2

30.4

E10

Pine

10–11

30

8.17

45.5

15.7

48.6

6.8

31.4

E6

Pine

6–7

30

7.20

31.7

18.0

34.3

5.6

20.2

  1. aModulus of elasticity
  2. bCoefficient of variation
  3. cParametric 5th percentile point estimate using Weibull distribution fit
  4. dE-rated grade which was determined by average of localized MOEs in a lamina