Abstract
This paper was developed to evaluate the quality of laminated veneer lumber - LVL manufactured from woods of E. grandis Hill ex Maiden and E. dunnii Maiden. The boards were produced with three different compositions, as follows: (i) randomly selected veneer in the face; (ii) higher density veneer in the face and lower density veneer in the core; and (iii) randomly selected veneers of E. grandis and E. dunnii in the face and veneers of P. taeda in the core. The results showed higher glue line shear strength of the boards of E. grandis in comparison of the boards of E. dunnii. However, the boards of E. dunnii showed higher values of the MOE and MOR in static bending tests. The composition with higher density veneer in the face increases the values of MOE and OMR of the boards of E. dunnii. The overall results of this research indicate that wood of E. grandis and E. dunnii presents high potential to production of laminated veneer lumber - LVL.
Key words
Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus dunnii; LVL.