Research Article

Bamboo/Wood Composites and Structures Shear and Normal Strain Distributions in Multilayer Composite Laminated Panels under Out-of-Plane Bending

Table 3

Failure loads and loads for strain evaluation of lay-ups.

IDLay-upLayer orientationShear testsBending tests
Fu (kN)0.4Fu (kN)Fu (kN)0.4Fu (kN)

A1T-L-L-L-T//-//-//-//-//138.755.586.034.4
A1aT-L-L-L-T//-//-//-//-//136.554.675.630.2
A1bT-L-L-L-T//-//-//-//-//148.959.579.831.9
B1L-T-L-T-L//-⊥-//-⊥-//77.731.155.922.3
B2L-T-L-T-L//-//-//-//-//178.171.2108.143.2
C1T-T-T-T-T//-⊥-//-⊥-//73.429.457.723.1
C2T-T-T-T-T⊥-//-⊥-//-⊥37.415.028.511.4

Fu is the total failure load measured by a load cell attached to the cross-head.