Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 5 Elastic limit and the ratio of the elastic limit to the yield loads obtained using engineering techniques
Specification | Elastic limit (kN) | Ratio of elastic limit to yield loads | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPM | EN | OSM | EYT | ||
Cedar–plywood | 0.282 | 0.606 | 0.676 | 0.721 | 0.496 |
Cedar–MDF | 0.476 | 0.743 | 0.834 | 0.731 | 0.760 |
Spruce–plywood | 0.285 | 0.554 | 0.605 | 0.648 | 0.499 |
Spruce–MDF | 0.420 | 0.642 | 0.709 | 0.729 | 0.667 |
Larch–plywood | 0.297 | 0.559 | 0.557 | 0.628 | 0.497 |
Larch–MDF | 0.512 | 0.689 | 0.761 | 0.801 | 0.766 |