Investigation of mechanical properties and elucidation of factors affecting wood-based structural panels under embedment stress with a circular dowel II: detailed observation for plywood and OSB using DIC and CT scanning

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Fundamental properties of the plywood (PW) and oriented strand board (OSB) 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	421	8.5	16.3	6.85	1.585	0.0280	5.55	0.674	Wood species; Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar) Number of layers; 5, class; 2nd, use; for structural use [21]
PW	S. D	10	1.7	4.1	0.96	0.147	0.0045	0.46	0.065
OSB	Ave	651	6.6	18.7	6.51	0.724	0.0181	11.30	2.063	Number of layers; 3, class; 4th [22]
OSB	S. D	41	0.2	3.1	1.05	0.121	0.0039	1.15	0.305	Number of layers; 3, class; 4th [22]

Ave. (average) and S.D. (standard deviation) of three mechanical tests according to ASTM D 1037 [23]