The physical and mechanical properties of the LVL manufactured with paricá (Schizolobium amazonicum Huber ex. Ducke) was evaluated by Stress Wave Timer. The LVL composite was made in laboratory and from them some samples were withdrawn, that were initially destined for the non-destructive tests. All samples with 2.2 × 2.2 ×40 cmwere tested, non-destructively, in the wave propagation direction flatwise and edgewise. Afterwards, the same samples were transformed into subsamples, to be used in destructive tests: physical (water absorption; thickness swelling and residual swelling) and mechanical tests (resistance and rigidity to flatwise static bending; resistance and rigidity to edgewise static bending; resistance to parallel compression and resistance toparallel and perpendicular shearing). The propagation wave velocity (V0) and the dynamic elasticity modulus (Emd), obtained with the support of Stress Wave, were used for modeling the properties. The results showed that the Stress Wave Timer has satisfactory predictions for mechanical properties of LVL. As for the physical properties, although some models had significant settings, it was found limitation of this tool for the prediction of these parameters. However, in bothphysical and mechanicalproperties, the best settings were observed in samples tested with the wave propagation in edgewise direction, using the Em dindependent variable.
Stress wave; Physical-mechanical properties; Structural composite lumber
