Response of Eastern Spruce Finger Joints to Variation In Assembly Time and Moisture Content

Authors

  • Craig E. Shuler

Keywords:

Eastern spruce, finger joints, phenol-resorcinol, glue bond quality

Abstract

Eastern spruce finger joints that were manufactured at three wood moisture contents (8, 12, 14%) and three open assembly times (10, 20, 30 min) were tested in tension and static bending to evaluate the quality of the adhesive bonds. The adhesive used was room-temperature setting phenol-resorcinol. No appreciable differences were noted in bond performance at any of the assembly conditions, although the low MC group tended to show less wood failure in the tension tests. Maximum tensile stress and modulus of rupture values ranged from 62-88% of the respective handbook values for solid red spruce.

References

Selbo, M. L. 1975. Adhesive bonding of wood. USDA Tech. Bull. No. 1512, pp. 49-54.nShuler, C. E., D. A. Grant, and R. C. Moody. 1979. Evaluation of glued laminated beams of eastern spruce and eastern hemlock. Forest Prod. J. 29(7):23-28.nSunley, J. G., and P. S. Dawe. 1963. Strength of finger joints. Wood 28(9):387-391.nU.S. Forest Products Laboratory. 1974. Wood handbook: Wood as an engineering material, USDA Agric. Handbook 72, rev.n

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Published

2007-06-27

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Number 4 / Winter 1981

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Research Contributions

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