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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Mean values of I-beam mechanical properties

From: The bending properties of bamboo strand board I-beams

Beam type

Pmax (kN)

PL/250 (kN)

Mu (kN m)

w (mm)

(EI)0 (× 1012 N mm2)

σ (MPa)

Ï„ (MPa)

B300-1

54.76 (9.71%)

18.66 (7.95%)

57.50 (9.72%)

70.01 (4.02%)

2.76 (7.57%)

35.71 (9.71%)

7.81 (9.71%)

B300-2

75.63 (8.47%)

17.66 (10.52%)

79.41 (8.47%)

113.89 (10.22%)

2.63 (3.56%)

49.32 (8.47%)

10.79 (8.47%)

B300-3

75.44 (7.96%)

16.45 (9.52%)

79.21 (7.96%)

115.01 (9.33%)

2.64 (9.56%)

49.20 (7.96%)

10.76 (7.96%)

W300

57.80 (12.87%)

21.6 (6.40%)

60.76 (12.85%)

69.48 (11.22%)

3.39 (11.55%)

36.26 (12.80%)

7.93 (12.82%)

B400

97.16 (6.68%)

32.66 (3.07%)

102.01 (6.62%)

82.85 (10.99%)

4.93 (6.27%)

41.00 (6.69%)

9.99 (6.64%)

B600

219.15 (3.93%)

95.69 (4.77%)

230.1 (3.93%)

60.89 (3.96%)

16.7 (4.59%)

40.88 (3.93%)

15.03 (3.93%)

  1. Values in parentheses are coefficient of variation