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Capability Analysis for Modulus of Elasticity and Modulus of Rupture


Abstract:

Sawn softwood timber is used as a structural component in house walls and roofs. Consequently, the consumption trends generally follow those of the housing industry. Ther...Show More

Abstract:

Sawn softwood timber is used as a structural component in house walls and roofs. Consequently, the consumption trends generally follow those of the housing industry. Therefore, Government imposes tough quality control and quality assurance on the timber industry to grantee product standard meets the specifications in building industry. Capability Analysis on the timber product plays an important role in assessing the capability of the timber in meeting the market functionality requirements. Two characteristics continuously monitored are the Modulus of Elasticity MOE and the Modulus of Rupture MOR. In this paper, we analyse the data collected from three different mills located in three different states based on both, the government recommended Specification Limits and the Natural Statistical Specification Limits. The analyses show that the government tough recommended Specification Limits results in many timbers to be downgraded.
Date of Conference: 15-17 April 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 30 September 2013
Electronic ISBN:978-0-7695-4967-5
Conference Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA

1. Introduction

Global timber production is projected to increase in response to housing demand. The highest levels of production growth are expected in Russia, Eastern Europe and South America [3]. In 2009 there were 149.4 million hectares of forests in Australia [2] of which 9.4 million hectares was productive forest [6].

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