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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Material properties of bamboo scrimber (average)

From: Mechanical performance of mortise and tenon joints pre-reinforced with slot-in bamboo scrimber plates

fc,0 (MPa)

fc,90 (MPa)

ft,0 (MPa)

ft,90 (MPa)

S0 (MPa)

E0 (GPa)

ρ (g/cm3)

73.46

12.75

112.78

3.73

52.41

16.31

1.11

  1. fc,0 and fc,90 are compression strength parallel and perpendicular to grain, respectively. ft,0 and ft,90 are tensile strength parallel and perpendicular to grain, respectively. S0 is the shear strength parallel to grain. E0 is the longitudinal modulus of elasticity and ρ the density