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Table V

Delamination of MUF adhesive on HMR-primed and unprimed beech laminations with reference to lamella thickness and closed assembly time.

Max DSa Mean DSa Max DBa
Beam type tlam CAT N/n


and series CON PRI CON PRI CON PRI
(mm) class (%)
Laboratory 1 29 Short 2/4 4.2 10.9 1.4 5.1 18.4 43.0
Long 2/4 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.6 6.1 4.4
3 35 Short 2/4 16.1 4.4 6.6 1.6 36.8 12.4
Long 2/4 9.1 3.4 2.7 1.4 29.1 17.1
38 Short 2/4 34.2 24.0 26.0 14.2 77.4 58.5
Long 2/4 0.8 7.9 0.3 2.9 3.8 23.9
a

Maximum delamination acc. to EN 386:2002 procedure “C”: single specimen DS = 10%; single glue line DB = 40%.

N/n = number of beams (N) and specimens (n).