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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 8 Summary of mechanical properties of N-finity Moso bamboo with moisture content 7.2% on average

From: Mechanical properties of laminated bamboo lumber N-finity according to ISO 23478-2022

Engineering constants

Elastic modulus (GPa)

Poisson's ratio

Shear modulus (GPa)

 

\(\varvec{{E}_{11}}\)

\(\varvec{{E}_{22}}\)

\(\varvec{{E}_{33}}\)

\(\varvec{{\nu }_{12}}\)

\(\varvec{{\nu }_{13}}\)

\(\varvec{{\nu }_{23}}\)

\(\varvec{{G}_{12}}\)

\(\varvec{{G}_{13}}\)

\(\varvec{{G}_{23}}\)

 

8.75

2.19

1.11

0.24

0.35

0.52

1.97a

1.38a

0.51a

Calculated Hill’s yield ratios

R11

R22

R33

R12

R13

R23

   
 

1

0.22

0.19

0.40

0.17

0.11

   

Strength (MPa)

Compression strengths (yield)

Shear strengths (yield)

 
 

\({f}_{11}\)

\({f}_{22}\)

\({f}_{33}\)

\({f}_{12}\)

\({f}_{13}\)

\({f}_{23}\)

   
 

68.6

15.41

13.16

16.03b

6.59b

4.43b

   
  1. Sources: a = calculated from Eq. (8), b = calculated from Eq. (11)