NUMERICAL APPROACH FOR EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES OF WOOD COMPOSITES WITH PARTIAL RESIN COVERAGE OF STRANDS

Determining structural behaviour of strand-based wood composite products such as PSL (parallel strand lumber) beams is of interest to construction industry. Strand-based wood composites consist of partially covered orthotropic wood strands with small amount of resin. Unlike conventional fibrereinforced composites, the resin content in strandbased wood composites is less than 10% by volume and strands are rectangular in shape.