Designation:D7341−21StandardPracticeforEstablishingCharacteristicValuesforFlexuralPropertiesofStructuralGluedLaminatedTimberbyFull-ScaleTesting1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7341;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticedescribesproceduresforfullscaletestingofstructuralgluedlaminatedtimber(glulam)todetermineorverifycharacteristicvaluesusedtocalculateflexuraldesignproperties.Guidelinesaregivenfor:(1)testingindividualstructuralgluedlaminatedtimberlay-ups(withnomodeling),(2)testingindividualglulamcombinations(withlimitedmodeling),and(3)validatingmodelsusedtopredictcharac-teristicvalues.1.2Thispracticeislimitedtoproceduresforestablishingflexuralproperties(ModulusofRupture,MOR,andModulusofElasticity,MOE).Someoftheprinciplesforsamplingandanalysispresentedmaybeapplicabletootherproperties.However,otherpropertiesmayrequireadditionaltestingcon-siderationsthatarebeyondthescopeofthispractice.1.3ThispracticeisnotintendedtosupersedetheprovisionsofPracticeD3737,butprovidesanalternativemethodforestablishingcharacteristicvalues.Lay-upcombinationsdevel-opedinaccordancewithPracticeD3737arenotrequiredtobegovernedbythisstandard.NOTE1—ThemodelsdescribedbyPracticeD3737havebeendevel-opedandmodifiedbasedonmorethan50yearsofexperienceandmanytestprograms.Insomecases,however,itmaybedesirabletodevelopanewmodelbasedonotherinputpropertiesorusinglumbermaterialsorgradesnotcoveredbythatstandard.1.4Detailsofproduction,inspection,andcertificationarebeyondthescopeofthisdocument.However,fortestresultstoberepresentativeofproduction,qualitycontrolsystemsshallbeinplacetoensureconsistentquality.ManufacturingshallconformtorecognizedmanufacturingstandardssuchasANSIA190.1orCSAO122.1.5Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmea...
