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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 List of sample characteristics and the observed shear properties

From: Evaluation of rolling shear modulus and strength of Japanese cedar cross-laminated timber (CLT) laminae

 

Lamina width

62 mm

88 mm

112 mm

112 mm additional

N

28

28

28

15

Densitya (kg/m3)

 Mean

402

398

399

389

 SD

35

38

31

35

 CV (%)

9

10

8

9

\(E_{\text{fr}}\) (GPa)

 Mean

7.92

7.65

 SD

0.94

0.67

 CV (%)

12

9

Annual ring geometry

 V (mm)

  Mean

55b

52

52

24

  Min–max

1–134

2–108

1–108

1–72

 H (mm)

  Mean

2b

3

5

13

  Min–max

0–10

0–11

1–22

2–23

\(G_{\text{dsp}}\) (MPa)

 Mean

57

76

95

114

 SD

35

42

44

37

 CV (%)

62

56

47

33

 5% quantile

17

27

40

61

\(G_{\text{str}}\) (MPa)

 Mean

72

91

109

129

 SD

50

53

48

44

 CV (%)

70

59

44

34

 5% quantile

18

29

46

65

fr (MPa)

 Mean

1.54

1.83

2.02

2.24

 SD

0.50

0.46

0.45

0.56

 CV (%)

33

25

22

25

 5% quantile

0.89

1.16

1.37

1.47

\(G_{\text{fem}}\) (MPa)

 Mean

48b

64

73

70

 SD

17b

17

16

22

 CV (%)

34b

27

22

31

  1. aAir-dry density
  2. bN = 27. One sample was unable to determine the pith position