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
Bonded Joints
Janka Hardness
Indentation
Compression
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