Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Properties of the manufactured LVL for the bending test

From: Utilization of Chinese fast-growing trees and the effect of alternating lamination using mixed-species eucalyptus and poplar veneers

Species	Poplar		Eucalyptus		Mixed
Veneer type	Pi	Po	Ei	Eo	PiEo	PoEi
Num	10	10	10	10	10	10
Density (kg/m³)
AVG	547	618	581	701	586	587
STD	10	11	12	8	11	12
MOE (GPa)
AVG	9.9	11.4	9.5	14.2	10.8	11.3
STD	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.4
M.C (%)
AVG	9.3	8.7	9.2	9.6	9.7	9.7
STD	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.2

MOE modulus of elasticity, AVG average value, STD standard diviation

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