South African Cross-Laminated Timber Rolling Shear Performance Data

Experimental data from destructive quasi-static tests on five-layer cross-laminated timber panels. The 93.0 MB dataset compares results from pine-only and eucalyptus-pine hybrid layups to values estimated using three analytical methods. Benedict Boulle published this study on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Validate analytical models like Timoshenko beam theory based on experimental stiffness and strength data.
• Compare the structural performance of pine-only versus eucalyptus-pine hybrid CLT layups.
• Inform locally relevant design standards for engineered timber based on rolling shear performance.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 93.0 MB, indicating a substantial volume of experimental data.
• Focuses on two specific timber species (SA pine and Eucalyptus grandis) relevant to a geographic region.
• Results are compared against three different numerical estimation methods, providing a basis for validation.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the study's focus on South African timber.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Experimental testing and analytical modelling, including destructive quasi-static tests.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 13:33:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa