Table 6.
Shear properties of CLT

CLT type Panel lay-up Layer direction* Specimen dimension (mm) Span-depth ratio Shear strength(MPa)
Hybrid SPFs-LSL CLT(David et al., 2017) SPFs-SPFs-SPFs //-⊥-// 114(T)×406(W)×823(L) 5.4 2.03
LSL-LSL-LSL 2.61
LSL-SPFs-LSL -
SPFs-LSL-SPFs 2.96
Composite laminated panels(Niederwestberg et al., 2018) SPF-SPF-SPF-SPF-SPF //-⊥-//-⊥-// 184(T)×195(W)×1,200(L) 5.5 1.3
SPF-LSL-SPF-LSL-SPF //-//-//-//-// 2.9
LSL-SPF-LSL-SPF-LSL //-//-//-//-// 3.6
LSL-SPF-LSL-SPF-LSL //-⊥-//-⊥-// 1.4
Hybrid SPFs-LVL CLT(Wang et al., 2017) SPF-SPF-SPF //-⊥-// 114(T)×305(W)×610(L) 5 2.25
SPF-LVL-SPF 2.11
LVL-SPF-LVL 2.40
Ply-lam(Fujimoto et al., 2021) C-P-C-P-C //-//-//-//-// 150(T)×300(W)×1,050 5 3.87
Hybrid CLT with OSB1)(Li et al., 2020 (b)) SPF-SPF-SPF //-⊥-// 72(T)×190(W)×720(L) 9 3.6
SPF-OSB-SPF //-//-// 7.0
SPF-OSB-SPF //-⊥-// 6.7
OSB-SPF-OSB //-⊥-// 5.4
OSB-OSB-OSB //-⊥-// 6.4
SPF-SPF-SPF-SPF-SPF //-⊥-//-⊥-// 120(T)190(W)×1,200(L) 3.7
SPF-OSB-OSB-OSB-SPF //-//-//-//-// 5.9
SPF-OSB-OSB-OSB-SPF //-⊥-//-⊥-// 5.7
OSB-SPF-OSB-SPF-OSB //-⊥-//-⊥-// 3.7
OSB-OSB-OSB-OSB-OSB //-⊥-//-⊥-// 5.9
Tropical Hybrid CLT(Nurdiansyah et al., 2020) L-B.S-L //-//-// 54(T)×305(W)×270(L) 4.6 6.93
Bamboo-wood composite cross laminated timber(Li et al., 2021) L-L-L //-⊥-// 51(T)×145(W)×406(L) 6 2.4
L-BMCP-L //-//-// 3.3
BMCP-L-BMCP //-⊥-// 2.5
// and ⊥ represent the parallel and perpendicular to the major strength direction of CLT, Hybrid CLT, composite CLT
OSB: construction OSB (COSB) used as the core layer in container flooring. COSB has better mechanical properties than regular OSB. COSB properties: density 0.72 g/cm3, MOE 9.5 kN/mm², shear strength (fv) 3.79 N/mm²