Test Methods
Tension with Two Different Extensometers
Tension, Compression, Hardness, Flexure, Etc.
Product Design and Manufacture, by JR Lindbeck, Prentice Hall, 1995.
Dowell Bearing
Fastener Withdrawal
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Bonded Joints
Janka Hardness
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Indentation
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Compression
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Factors Relating Test Statistics to Allowable Properties
Wood Structures - A Design Guide and Commentary, compiled by Task Committee on Status-of-the-Art: Wood Committee on Wood, ASCE Structural Division, 1975, p 97.
Property Factor Bending strength 0.475 Tensile strength 0.475 Compressive strength parallel to grain 0.526 Compressive strength perpendicular to grain 0.244 Shear strength 0.667