Experimental study on partial compression parallel to grain of solid timber

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Overview of test series of solid timber specimens

Series	Number	Test setup	Specimen size [mm]		Loaded area [mm]	Average distance of annual rings [mm]	Density [kg/m]	Average moisture content [mm]
			Cross section		Height
3-3	6	Entire surface	30 × 30	30	30 × 30	5.2	411	11.0–13.8
3-6	6			60		4.7	399
3-9	6			90		4.6	394
6-3	6		60 × 60	30	60 × 60	4.3	411
6-6	6			60		5.2	400
6-9	6			90		4.6	411
9-3	6		90 × 90	30	90 × 90	4.7	418
9-6	6			60		4.8	404
9-9	6			90		4.8	459
3-9p	6	Partial 1	30 × 90	90	30 × 30	5.3	416
6-9p	6		60 × 120	90	60 × 60	5.4	406
9-9p	6		90 × 120	90	90 × 90	5.1	406
3-9pp	6	Partial 2	120 × 120	90	30 × 30	6.2	401
6-9pp	6			90	60 × 60	6.3	408
9-9pp	6			90	90 × 90	5.2	407