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European Journal of Wood and Wood Products (2018) 76:1637–1652
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-018-1350-8
ORIGINAL
Perpendicular tograin andshear mechanical properties ofveneer-
based elements glued fromsingle veneer sheets recovered fromthree
species ofjuvenile subtropical hardwood plantation logs
BenoitP.Gilbert1 · JulienM.Husson1· HenriBailleres2· RobertL.McGavin2· MaximeF.Fischer1
Received: 8 May 2018 / Published online: 20 September 2018
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018
Abstract
This paper quantifies the mechanical properties perpendicular to the grain and in shear of glued rotary peeled veneers, as
would be encountered in veneer-based structural products (i.e. by including both the effects of hot pressing the veneers
and the glue used during the manufacturing process), of three species recovered from juvenile (early to mid-rotation) sub-
tropical hardwood plantation logs. This underutilised resource has currently little to no commercial value in Australia but
proven potential to produce attractive veneer-based structural products. Determining these unknown properties is important
as they constitute essential input data to ultimately predict the behaviour and design properties of veneer-based structural
products in cost-effective numerical simulations. Two species planted for solid timber end-products (Gympie messmate—
Eucalyptus cloeziana and spotted gum—Corymbia citriodora) and one species traditionally grown for pulpwood (southern
blue gum—Eucalyptus globulus) are considered in the paper. The dynamic modulus of elasticity, compressive and tensile
strengths perpendicular to the grain of veneer-based elements, each manufactured from single veneer sheets, were experi-
mentally measured and are analysed herein. These properties are found to have no to weak correlation to the parent veneer
sheet dynamic modulus of elasticity parallel to the grain, a value which is commonly measured in line to grade veneers. The
shear modulus (in the longitudinal-tangential plane), also referred to as “modulus of rigidity”, through-the-thickness and
rolling shear strengths were also experimentally measured, and the results are discussed in the paper. Little to no correlation
to the veneer sheet dynamic modulus of elasticity parallel to the grain was found for these properties. Weibull distributions
are fitted to all test results and presented to probabilistically consider the investigated properties in numerical simulations
of veneer-based structural products.
1 Introduction
When a manufacturer of engineered wood products wishes
to introduce new veneer-based structural products on the
market, such as those manufactured from new timber species
(Boughton and Crews 2013) or from an optimisation strategy
of the existing veneered stock, an experimental campaign
must be undertaken. The campaign aims at determining the
strength and stiffness distributions of the new products and
ultimately derive the design properties. A minimum of 30
and 32 tests per design property is required in the Australian/
New-Zealand (AS/NZS 2269.1 2012; AS/NZS 4357.2 2006)
and European (EN 1058 2009) standards, respectively. A
costly trial-and-error procedure may therefore be needed to
achieve targeted design properties.
Nevertheless, to efficiently determine and optimise
the mechanical properties of new veneer-based structural
products, numerical models which aim at determining the
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* Benoit P. Gilbert
b.gilbert@griffith.edu.au
Henri Bailleres
henri.bailleres@daf.qld.gov.au
Robert L. McGavin
robbie.mcgavin@daf.qld.gov.au
1 School ofEngineering andBuilt Environment, Griffith
University, GoldCoast, QLD4222, Australia
2 Salisbury Research Facility, Queensland Government,
Salisbury, QLD4107, Australia
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