Abstract
This study focuses on the friction characteristics of chestnut sawn timber (Castanea sativa Mill.) of Spanish origin. The values of both the static and dynamic friction coefficients were determined, as this knowledge is of interest for the numerical simulation of the stress transmission in joints of timber structures. Therefore, two sets of tests were carried out combining different orthotropic orientations. Firstly, timber-to-timber tests were assessed to obtain the coefficients applicable to carpentry joints; secondly, timber-to-steel friction was also evaluated to determine the coefficients needed for mechanical joints with metal plates and dowels. The results presented a conventional behavior of friction, i.e., a maximum static value before sliding and a subsequent decrease. For timber-to-timber tests, global mean values of μs = 0.47 and μk = 0.36 were found, and the results were slightly higher than those obtained between pieces with the same orthotropic orientation and sliding direction. Regarding timber-to-steel tests, the resulting friction coefficients, as well as the difference existing between the static and dynamic values were lower (μs = 0.19 and μk = 0.17) compared to the timber-to-timber sets. The use of these results in numerical studies would allow for closer simulations in which chestnut wood is involved in friction. In addition, the values provided herein could be included as new data in standards that already consider other wood species.
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