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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Characteristic value of the MOR (Fb) and quantity of lumber of Fb in each grade

From: Preliminary evaluation for quality of dimension lumber in four common softwoods in Mongolia

Property

Species group

SS

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

Out

Fb (MPa)

D. fir-L

36.0

24.6

21.6

12.6

-

Hem-Tam

29.4

18.0

13.8

8.4

-

S-P-F

30.0

22.2

21.6

12.6

-

W Cedar

23.4

16.8

16.2

9.6

-

JS-III

22.5

16.1

15.5

9.0

-

Quantity of lumber of Fb in each grade (%)

Pinus sylvestris vs. S-P-F

70.5

21.3

0.0

8.2

0.0

Pinus sibirica vs. W Cedar

59.0

25.6

0.0

15.4

0.0

Picea obovata vs. S-P-F

32.8

35.8

1.5

25.4

4.5

Picea obovata vs. W Cedar

59.7

25.4

3.0

11.9

0.0

L. sibirica vs. D. fir-L

64.9

29.7

2.7

2.7

0.0

L. sibirica vs. Hem-Tam

89.2

2.7

8.1

0.0

0.0

L. sibirica vs. JS-III

97.3

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. SS, select structural; Out, out of grade; Fb value for each grade was specified in JAS for structural lumber and finger jointed structural lumber for wood frame construction [25]. –, no Fb values were listed in out of grade in JAS [25]. Quantity of lumber of Fb in each grade indicates percentage of quantity of lumber with MOR values exceeding the Fb in each grade for SS to No. 3 grade, and that below Fb of No.3 for out of grade