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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Results of compression tests

From: Experimental study on the compression behavior of long timber column strengthened with the novel hybrid fiber sheets

Material parameter

Control group

(CFRP)1

(C2G1)1

(C1A2G1)1

(C2A1G1)1

(CoGa)1

(CoAa)1

The ultimate bearing capacity

119.06 (kN)

127.88 kN

124.37 kN

127.62 kN

131.11 kN

145.76 kN

139.38 kN

The increasing rate

\

7.40%

4.46%

7.18%

10.12%

22.42%

17.06%

The ultimate displacement

0.550 (mm)

1.108 mm

1.060 mm

1.973 mm

2.610 mm

1.700 mm

3.309 mm

The increasing rate

\

101.53%

92.89%

259.06%

374.89%

209.42%

502.20%

The softening displacement

0.755 (mm)

1.965 mm

2.008 mm

4.041 mm

4.026 mm

3.900 mm

6.066 mm

The increasing rate

\

160.44%

166.07%

435.59%

433.60%

416.90%

703.91%

Material parameter

Control group

(CFRP)2

(C2G1)2

(C1A2G1)2

(C2A1G1)2

(CoGa)2

(CoAa)2

The ultimate bearing capacity

119.06 (kN)

129.25 kN

127.43 kN

129.01 kN

132.24 kN

146.66 kN

141.34 kN

The increasing rate

\

8.55%

7.02%

8.35%

11.07%

23.18%

18.71%

The ultimate displacement

0.559 (mm)

0.683 mm

1.063 mm

1.308 mm

3.042 mm

2.488 mm

2.944 mm

The increasing rate

\

22.18%

90.21%

134.14%

444.49%

345.31%

426.99%

The softening displacement

0.767 (mm)

1.913 mm

1.822 mm

4.044 mm

4.711 mm

4.909 mm

5.366 mm

The increasing rate

\

205.16%

188.78%

586.65%

706.05%

741.50%

823.31%

  1. The ultimate bearing capacity, ultimate displacement, and the softening displacement in the table are the mean value of the test. For C2A1G1 and CoAa, C-(C1A2G1)2-1 and C-(CoAa)2-2 are excluded in the analysis