Research Article
Experimental Assessment on the Hysteretic Behavior of a Full-Scale Traditional Chinese Timber Structure Using a Synchronous Loading Technique
Table 2
Material properties of the full-scale test model.
| Mechanical properties | Forced direction | Test result (MPa) | Coefficient of variation |
| Bending elastic modulus | Radial | 7607 | 0.118 | Tangential | 7809 | 0.046 | Bending strength | Radial | 74.93 | 0.133 | Tangential | 65.73 | 0.113 | MOE in compression perpendicular to grain | Radial | 377 | 0.143 | Tangential | 183 | 0.193 | Compression strength perpendicular to grain | Radial | 4.55 | 0.090 | Tangential | 5.41 | 0.128 | Local compression strength perpendicular to grain | Radial | 5.94 | 0.086 | Tangential | 6.47 | 0.202 | MOE in compression parallel to grain | — | 3031 | 0.112 | Compression strength parallel to grain | — | 41.19 | 0.092 | Tensile strength parallel to grain | — | 93.56 | 0.195 |
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