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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Actual compressive resistance and specification for cross-laminated timber

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

Type

Species

Number of layers (grade of lamina)

Dimensions (mm)

Loading direction

Actual compressive resistance of CLT (kN)

Thickness (thickness of lamina)

Width

Length

AVEa

COVb

5% WPEc

Ld-3e-90f

Larch

3 layers (E12/E8/E12)

90 (30/30/30)

90

300

Major

234.4

6.1

198.6

Minor

118.8

5.8

101.7

L-5-120

5 layers (E12/E8/E8/E8/E12)

120 (30/20/20/20/30)

120

300

Major

424.3

4.8

373.1

Minor

204.8

9.0

160.7

L-5-150

5 layers (E12/E8/E8/E8/E12)

150 (30/30/30/30/30)

150

300

Major

620.7

7.0

511.0

Minor

426.6

6.1

361.1

P-3-90

Pine

3 layers (E10/E7/E10)

90 (30/30/30)

90

300

Major

189.3

11.4

136.8

Minor

83.0

12.8

58.4

P-5-120

5 layers (E10/E7/E7/E7/E10)

120 (30/20/20/20/30)

120

300

Major

322.4

11.2

235.2

Minor

160.7

8.1

128.4

P-5-150

5 layers (E10/E7/E7/E7/E10)

150 (30/30/30/30/30)

150

300

Major

484.8

5.8

414.6

Minor

301.7

9.9

228.6

  1. aAverage value
  2. bCoefficient of variation
  3. cParametric 5th percentile point estimate using Weibull distribution fit
  4. dSpecies; L larch, P pine
  5. eNumber of layers
  6. fThickness of cross-laminated timber (mm)