The impact of crosshead speed on the strength of spruce wood (Picea abies L.)

Abstract

The effect of crosshead speed on the strength of spruce wood (Picea abies L.). This work examines the compression and tensile strength along the grain and bending perpendicularly to the grain of spruce wood was investigated at various crosshead speeds. The dependence of the immediate strength on the crosshead speed takes the form of an exponential function for compression and tension along the grain and bending perpendicular to the grain. The study showed that as the crosshead speed increases, the ultimate strength value increases regardless of the type of stress occurring. The bending strength is between the compression and tensile strength values. The strength for compression along the grain for the spruce wood tested is 50% of strength tension along grain length and 57% of the bending strength. The bending strength corresponds to 88% of the tensile strength.