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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Material parameters for western hemlock dimension lumber

From: Comparison of reliability evaluation methods between China and Canada standards for wood structures featuring duration of load

 

Parameters

Mean

COV

Distribution

Bending strength

σs1

47.83 MPa

0.410

Lognormal

Compressive strength

σs2

34.12 MPa

0.246

Lognormal

Foschi–Yao damage model parameters

b

37.161

0.281

Lognormal

c

1.623 × 10–4

0.574

Lognormal

n

1.290

0.075

Lognormal

η

0.533

0.298

Lognormal