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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Yield loads obtained using multiple methods

From: Comparison of the elastic limit and yield load of nailed joints connecting solid wood and wood-based board material

Specification

EPMa (kN)

ENb (kN)

OSMc (kN)

EYTd (kN)

Cedar–plywood

0.465 ± 0.054

0.417 ± 0.042

0.391 ± 0.035

0.569

Cedar–MDF

0.614 ± 0.034

0.571 ± 0.025

0.561 ± 0.021

0.626

Spruce–plywood

0.514 ± 0.048

0.471 ± 0.061

0.440 ± 0.033

0.571

Spruce–MDF

0.654 ± 0.060

0.592 ± 0.053

0.576 ± 0.052

0.630

Larch–plywood

0.531 ± 0.038

0.533 ± 0.076

0.473 ± 0.038

0.598

Larch–MDF

0.743 ± 0.084

0.673 ± 0.058

0.639 ± 0.054

0.668

  1. aYield load obtained using the perfect elasto-plastic model
  2. bYield load obtained using the method described in EN 12512 [26]
  3. cYield load obtained using the offset method
  4. dYield load obtained using European yield theory