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

results

 

Compression

 

Factors Relating Test Statistics to Allowable Properties

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
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.