Investigation of mechanical properties and elucidation of factors affecting wood-based structural panels under embedment stress with a circular dowel i: analysis of the influence of various conditions on the embedment properties

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Fundamental properties of the panels

		Density (kg/m³)	MC (%)	In-plane tensile properties		Internal bond properties		In-plane shear properties		Other information
		Density (kg/m³)	MC (%)	Strength (MPa)	Elastic modulus (GPa)	Strength (MPa)	Elastic modulus (GPa)	Strength (MPa)	Elastic modulus (GPa)	Other information
PW	Ave	416	11.1	13.5	5.28	0.930	0.0151	4.72	0.619	Wood species: Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar) number of layers: 5, class: 2nd, use: structural [18]
PW	S. D	20	1.2	4.0	1.56	0.245	0.0089	0.14	0.095
OSB	Ave	635	7.7	16.3	6.85	0.477	0.0098	9.97	1.838	Number of layers: 3, class: 4th [19]
OSB	S. D	42	0.7	4.1	0.96	0.147	0.0063	1.25	0.433	Number of layers: 3, class: 4th [19]
PB	Ave	761	10.4	11.0	3.60	1.566	0.0273			Use: structural, bending class: 18N/mm² [16]
PB	S. D	14	0.9	1.2	0.43	0.269	0.0048			Use: structural, bending class: 18N/mm² [16]
MDF	Ave	820	7.2	26.1	3.98	1.622	0.0285			Use: structural, bending class: 30N/mm² [17] forming: dry forming
MDF	S. D	17	0.4	1.1	0.15	0.280	0.0088
HB	Ave	1008	8.6	25.0	5.51	1.032	0.0135			Bending class: 35N/mm² [17] forming: wet forming
HB	S. D	86	0.2	1.6	0.82	0.214	0.0042			Bending class: 35N/mm² [17] forming: wet forming

Ave. means average, and S. D. means standard deviation. Three mechanical tests were conducted according to ASTM D 1037 [20]