Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 3 Loading conditions for asymmetric four-point bending tests
From: Shear strength properties of hybrid (hinoki cypress and Japanese cedar) cross-laminated timber
Layer configurations | Specimen length \({L}_{\mathrm{sp}}\)(mm) | Shear span \({l}_{\mathrm{s}}\) (mm) | Width of loading plate \({w}_{\mathrm{lp}}\) (mm) | Depth of CLT d (mm) | Shear span-to-depth ratio \(M/\left(Qd\right)\) | Effective shear span-to-depth ratio \({l}_{\mathrm{ef}}/d\) | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3L3P | 975 | 305/2 | 70 | 75 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 4 |
1275 | 520/2 | 70 | 75 | 3.47 | 3.00 | 4 | |
3L4P | 1300 | 400/2 | 100 | 100 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 4 |
5L5P | 1500 | 495/2 | 130 | 125 | 1.98 | 1.46 | 6 |
2000 | 755/2 | 130 | 125 | 3.02 | 2.50 | 6 | |
5L7P | 2365 | 685/2 | 190 | 175 | 1.96 | 1.41 | 3 |