Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran

2 M.Sc., Wood Natural Resources Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University,

3 M.Sc., Wood and Paper, Laboratory of Wood for Civil Engineering Department Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran,

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate stress carrying capacity of miter corner joints fabricated with loose tenon with loose tenon under diagonal tension and compression loading. In this study, tests were carried out to determine the effects of dimension of loose tenon A (3.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm) and B (3 × 2 × 0.8 cm), type of adhesives (Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and polyurethane (PU)) and most commonly used wood species in furniture industry including beech (Fagus orientalis L.) and fir (Abies alba). The results indicate the stress carrying capacity joints under compression is higher compared with that in tension. Stress carrying capacity joints constructed with dimension of loose tenon A was higher than that of those with B. Furthermore, the results have shown that wood species and type of adhesive had significant effect on the stress carrying capacity and performance of joints constructed of Beech wood and PU adhesive were stronger than joints made of Fir wood and PVA adhesive.

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