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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 10 Mechanical properties of CLT panels fabricated with different wood species

From: Bending, shear, and compressive properties of three- and five-layer cross-laminated timber fabricated with black spruce

Refs

Wood species

Thickness (mm)

No. of layers

Layups

Flexural MOE, Eb = EIm,l/I (MPa)

fb (MPa)

fv (MPa)

Features

Canadian black spruce

105

3

35/35/35

1.3456 × 104

30.909

1.737

Edge-glued

No.2-grade lumber

Made in China

Canadian black spruce

155

5

35/25/35/25/35

1.0204 × 104

29.633

1.803

[1]

SPF

1.1700 × 104

28.200

1.500

Grade E1 defined in PRG 320 [1]

[1]

Douglas fir-Larch

1.0300 × 104

23.90

1.900

Grade E2 defined in PRG 320 [1]

[3]

Canadian hemlock

175

5

35/35/35/35/35

1.1671 × 104

22.422

1.605

Non-edge-glued

No.2-grade lumber

Made in China

[4]

Irish Sitka spruce

72

3

24/24/24

1.0247 × 104

35.550

1.710

Non-edge-glued

C16-grade lumber

[4]

Irish Sitka spruce

120

3

40/40/40

0.9794 × 104

24.560

1.090

[4]

Irish Sitka spruce

100

5

20/20/20/20/20

1.2238 × 104

33.790

1.030

[5]

Australian Radiata pine

105

3

35/35/35

1.0246 × 104

23.410

2.000

Non-edge-glued

XLG1-grade lumber for longitudinal layers;

XLG2-grade lumber for transverse layers;

[5]

Australian Radiata pine

145

5

35/20/35/20/35

0.7433 × 104

26.840

1.760

[33]

Southern pine

175

5

35/35/35/35/35

0.9202 × 104

19.980

3.040

Edge-glued

No.2-grade lumber

[32]

Southern SPF & LSL

105

3

35/35/35

1.1737 × 104

33.600

2.960

Non-edge-glued

Hybrid CLT

No .2-grade SPF for transverse layers

1.35E-grade LSL for longitudinal layers