Structural Performance of Chinese Larch Plywood

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China has the largest plywood production in the world. With the fast development of timber construction in China, plywood has been used as an important structural material for sheathing. It is needed to evaluate some performances for structural use, such as uniform load test. Plywood of different thickness is manufactured according to independent developed technology on a production line. The uniform load capacity was evaluated for wall sheathing. The results showed that those two types met requirements on structural performances of wall sheathings of PS2. It was suggested that the unnecessary high performance should be intentionally lowered by veneer combination of larch or other soft species.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 535-537)

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1969-1972

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June 2012

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© 2012 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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DOI: 10.1520/e0661

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