Print Email Facebook Twitter Determination of the shear strength of tropical hardwood timber Title Determination of the shear strength of tropical hardwood timber Author Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (TU Delft Steel & Composite Structures) Gamper, N. (ETH Zürich) van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (TU Delft Steel & Composite Structures; Technische Universität München) de Vries, P.A. (TU Delft Steel & Composite Structures) Contributor Eberhardsteiner, J. (editor) Winter, W. (editor) Fadai, A. (editor) Pöll, M. (editor) Date 2016 Abstract The current shear strength values for high density tropical hardwoods are very low compared to the values for softwoods, according to European strength class tables. The reason for this is that standardized tests according to European standard EN 408 have not been performed yet for tropical hardwoods. In this research, tropical hardwood species massaranduba was investigated according to EN 408. The test results give a 5%-value for the shear strength of massaranduba that is twice as high as the standardized value for strength class D70. No relation was found between the density and the shear strength for massaranduba. Shear strength was proportional to the density when compared to spruce. Subject shear strengthtropical hardwoodmassarandubaspruce To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bdd6dbb4-e4fa-44ac-af60-a42c857fa8a2 Publisher Vienna University of Technoclogy ISBN 978-3-903024-35-9 Source WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering Event World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2016-08-22 → 2016-08-25, Vienna, Austria Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 G.J.P. Ravenshorst, N. Gamper, J.W.G. van de Kuilen, P.A. de Vries Files PDF 1528441.pdf 682.29 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bdd6dbb4-e4fa-44ac-af60-a42c857fa8a2/datastream/OBJ/view