Dog-bone Samples may not Provide Direct Access to the Longitudinal Tensile Strength of Clear-wood

• Published in: The open civil engineering journal Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Balduzzi, Giuseppe, Zelaya-Lainez, Luis, Hochreiner, Georg, Hellmich, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 22.02.2021

Background: Testing standards prescribe dog-bone samples for the determination of clear-wood longitudinal tensile strength. However, the literature reports a high number of invalid tests due to the unexpected failure of the sample outside the gauge length. Motivation: The paper aims at understanding...