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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Maximum load and initial crack load

From: Study on the strength of glued laminated timber beams with round holes: difference in structural performance between homogeneous-grade and heterogeneous-grade timber

H (mm)

D (mm)

E105-F345, homogeneous-grade

E105-F300, heterogeneous-grade

Maximum load (kN)

Initial crack load (kN)

Maximum load (kN)

Initial crack load (kN)

No. 1

No. 2

Ave

No. 1

No. 2

Ave

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

Ave

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

Ave

150

30 (H × 1/5)

111.3

102.9

107.1

90.7

95.1

92.9

97.2

104.5

102.1

101.3

73.3

72.2

66.8

70.8

50 (H × 1/3)

67.4

83.0

75.2

67.4

83.0

75.2

84.0

79.1

76.7

80.0

73.1

68.4

72.9

71.4

300

30 (H × 1/10)

149.3

183.2

166.3

133.1

131.6

132.4

186.3

160.0

169.8

172.0

123.7

117.2

125.6

122.2

60 (H × 1/5)

165.9

160.1

163.0

123.6

133.6

128.6

148.9

164.0

163.0

158.6

122.1

125.0

115.0

120.7

100 (H × 1/3)

140.6

158.4

149.5

121.8

119.1

120.4

135.2

145.8

152.6

144.6

122.1

115.1

121.1

119.4

450

30 (H × 1/15)

203.6

234.0

218.8

159.5

156.8

158.1

199.8

229.6

214.5

214.6

154.6

152.8

163.7

157.0

90 (H × 1/5)

203.4

215.6

209.5

151.3

137.7

144.5

245.6

253.2

207.5

235.4

160.6

180.7

156.1

165.8

150 (H × 1/3)

187.3

179.7

183.5

147.1

148.1

147.6

197.3

179.9

203.6

193.6

138.9

167.0

159.4

155.1

  1. Initial crack load is the 0.2 mm offset load, italic data—no crack