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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Bending strength of the three-point bending test results

From: Estimation of the perpendicular-to-the-grain tensile strength of Scots pine glued laminated timber via three-point bending tests

Type of material

L (mm)

D (mm)

L/D

ρ (kg/m3)

fr (N/mm2)

Ave.

S. D.

Ave.

S. D.

L80

500

300

1.7

485

1

2.11

0.16

250

2.0

481

4

2.27

0.27

200

2.5

483

9

2.41

0.23

150

3.3

485

6

2.15

0.20

100

5.0

488

3

2.19

0.05

80

6.3

480

6

2.44

0.20

200

150

1.3

467

7

2.45

0.10

100

2.0

465

10

2.75

0.24

80

2.5

465

12

2.79

0.25

60

3.3

471

11

3.39

0.34

40

5.0

468

7

3.52

0.40

20

10.0

468

13

4.06

0.50

10

20.0

476

16

4.79

0.35

100

40

2.5

494

8

3.46

0.50

30

3.3

501

5

3.97

0.27

20

5.0

486

11

4.07

0.53

10

10.0

496

4

5.13

0.54

L110

500

300

1.7

520

7

2.49

0.49

250

2.0

517

7

2.32

0.33

200

2.5

513

8

2.49

0.34

150

3.3

510

2

2.60

0.21

100

5.0

503

5

2.95

0.29

80

6.3

502

4

3.05

0.35

200

150

1.3

522

6

2.61

0.28

100

2.0

523

5

2.64

0.37

80

2.5

526

5

3.31

0.37

60

3.3

521

8

3.22

0.51

40

5.0

529

18

3.99

0.79

20

10.0

532

12

4.89

0.77

10

20.0

524

15

5.54

0.52

100

40

2.5

513

10

3.65

0.26

30

3.3

521

11

3.86

0.39

20

5.0

515

14

4.51

0.34

10

10.0

522

9

5.73

0.38

  1. The results are presented as the average and standard deviation
  2. L: distance between the fulcrums; D: specimen height; ρ: density; fr: bending strength as determined by Eq. (6); Ave.: average; and S. D.: standard deviation