Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 1 Fundamental properties of rubberwood-based plywood/OSB used for this experiment
Properties | Face materials | Testing standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
Plywood | OSB | ||
Density (kg/m3) | 695 ± 45 (n = 40) (DS = 50 × 50 × 8) | 738 ± 61 (n = 40) (DS = 50 × 50 × 9) | [20] |
Swelling (%) | [21] | ||
Major direction | 0.42 ± 0.29 (n = 10) | 0.29 ± 0.31(n = 10) | |
Minor direction | 0.32 ± 0.28 (n = 10) | 0.44 ± 0.31(n = 10) | |
Thickness direction | 1.30 ± 0.25 (n = 10) (DS = 50 × 50 × 8) | 15.39 ± 2.39 (n = 10) (DS = 50 × 50 × 9) | |
Compression parallel to surface (along major direction) (MPa) | 21.0 ± 5.6 (n = 30) (DS = 25 × 32 × 8) | 10.6 ± 3.2 (n = 30) (DS = 25 × 36 × 9) | [22] |