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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Elastic constants of Chinese fir

From: Research on seismic performance of traditional Chinese hall-style timber buildings in the Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368 AD): a case study of the main hall of Baoguo Temple

\({E}_{\text{L}}\)

/MPa

\({E}_{\text{T}}\)

/MPa

\({E}_{\text{R}}\)

/MPa

\({G}_{\text{L,R}}\)

/MPa

\({G}_{\text{L,T}}\)

/MPa

\({G}_{\text{R,T}}\)

/MPa

\({\mu }_{\text{L,R}}\)

\({\mu }_{\text{L,T}}\)

\({\mu }_{\text{R,T}}\)

\({f}_{\text{t,L}}\)

/MPa

\({f}_{\text{c,L}}\)

/MPa

6750

675

675

3110

311.50

311.50

0.30

0.30

0.30

64.22

33.85

  1. Reduction coefficients of elasticity modulus is 0.75[52, 53] \({E}_{\text{L}}\),\({E}_{\text{T}}\),\({E}_{\text{R}}\) are longitudinal, tangential, and radial timber elasticity modulus, respectively;\({G}_{\text{L,R}}, {G}_{{\text{L}}\text{,}{\text{T}}}\),\({G}_{\text{R,T}}\) are shear modulus in transverse section, radial section, and tangential section, respectively; \({\mu }_{\text{L,R}},{\mu }_{\text{L,T}},{\mu }_{\text{R,T}}\) are Poisson’s ratios in transverse section, radial section, and tangential section, respectively; \({f}_{\text{t,L}}\) is tensile strength parallel to the grain; \({f}_{\text{c,L}}\) is compressive strength parallel to the grain