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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Stress reduction factor for GLT beams composed of heterogeneous grade [4]

From: Study on the strength of glued laminated timber beams with round holes: proposal of the design formula for the splitting strength

Strength grade

kM,comp

kQ,comp

E170-F495

0.72

0.95

E150-F435

0.71

0.95

E135-F375

0.73

0.95

E120-F330

0.74

0.95

E105-F300

0.74

0.95

E95-F270

0.72

0.95

E85-F255

0.69

0.94

E75-F240

0.65

0.94

E65-F225

0.60

0.93

E55-F200

0.53

0.91