A comparison of the shear strength of strucutral composite lumber using torsion and shear block tests

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/nz806148t

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Gupta, Rakesh Siller, Tobias S.
Abstract	The objective of this study was to compare the shear strength of structural composite lumber (SCL) based on shear block to that of shear strength based on torsion test. Shear blocks in two diflcrent orientations fom laminated veneer lumber, parallel strand lumber, and laminated strand lumber (LSL) were tested and their shear strengths were compared to the shear strengths or full-sized specimens based on torsion tests from the literature. The results showed that the shear strength based on torsion is 12 to 39 percent lower than the shear strength based on shear block. The failure mode of LSL using shear blocks is predominantly compression parallel. The study concluded that the shear block is not an appropriate test method to determine the shear strength of SCL.
Resource Type	Article
Date Available	2017-06-21T18:59:10+00:00
Date Issued	2005
Citation	Rakesh Gupta;Tobias S. Siller 2005. A comparison of the shear strength of strucutral composite lumber using torsion and shear block tests. 55 (12)
Journal Title	Forest Products Journal
Journal Volume	55
Journal Issue/Number	12
权利声明	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/61506