Normal contact performance of mortise and tenon joint: theoretical analysis and numerical simulation

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Parameter used for wood contact subroutine

Parameter	Symbol	Transverse–tangential contact	Tangential–tangential contact
Props (1)	µ	0.5	0.5
Props (2)	g_crit	0.31	0.31
Props (3)	η	0.000206	0.000134
Props (4)	E*	297	263
Props (5)	π	3.14	3.14
Props (6)	R	0.1477	0.1142
Props (7)	H	24.53	12.14
Props (8)	k	0.4	0.4

g_crit is the abbreviation of the elastic slip deformation [45]; Props stands for the abbreviation of property in the normal contact model subroutine; Props (1)–(8) are the 8 parameters in the normal contact model subroutine, respectively