Alternative model to determine the characteristic strength value of wood in the compression parallel to the grain



Document title: Alternative model to determine the characteristic strength value of wood in the compression parallel to the grain
Journal: Maderas : ciencia y tecnología
Database:
System number: 000534500
ISSN: 0718-221X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Federal University of São Carlos Department of Civil Engineering, São Carlos São Paulo. Brasil
2Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará Araguaia Engineering Institute, Santana do Araguaia Pará. Brasil
3State University of São Paulo Applied Mathematics and Computation Center of Enviromental Studies Department of Statistics, Rio Claro São Paulo. Brasil
4University of Coimbra Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbra. Portugal
5Federal University of São João del-Rey Department of Mechanical Engineering, São João del-Rey Minas Gerais. Brasil
6University of São Paulo Department of Structures Engineering, São Carlos São Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 22
Number: 3
Pages: 281-290
Country: Chile
Language: Inglés
English abstract Wood strength values are calculated based on the characteristic value, which corresponds to the 5 % percentile of a given probability distribution model. For a few number of samples (12 samples), the Brazilian standard establishes an estimator of the characteristic compressive strength parallel to grain of the wood, which may provide a different result when compared with the characteristic value coming from a suitable probability distribution model. Considering the strength results in the parallel compression to the grain of 45 wood species of the hardwood group, Normal, LogNormal, Weibull and Exponential probability distribution models were used for each specie with the purpose of determining the one with the highest adhesion. Calculated the characteristic values by the best probability model distribution, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed in the estimation of the characteristic value of compressive strength, making it possible to identify the most significant terms of the models as well as the quality of the adjustment obtained on such models. The proposed regression model (R2 adj= 96,56 %) proved to be equivalent to the empirical model of the Brazilian standard. The model proposed here only depends on the mean and the lowest value obtained from the compressive strength in the parallel direction to the grain.
Keyword: Characteristic value,
Mechanical properties,
Probability distribution,
Tabebuia spp.,
Wood
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