Table 3.
Relative Creep of Bolted Glulam During Spring and Autumn
| Specimens | Relative Creep C R = μ t − μ 0 μ 0 |
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | 4 Years |
| SP (2,000 h) | AU (6,500 h) | SP (11,000 h) | AU (15,000 h) | SP (19,500 h) | AU (24,000 h) | SP (28,500 h) | AU (33,000 h) |
| Bolt20-1 | 1.30 | 1.53 | 1.62 | 1.58 | 1.67 | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.59 |
| Bolt20-2 | 1.47 | 2.02 | 2.06 | 2.19 | 2.21 | 2.30 | 2.27 | 2.34 |
| Bolt20-3 | 1.30 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 1.93 | 1.94 | 1.99 |
| Bolt30-1 | 1.65 | 2.06 | 2.19 | 2.41 | 2.47 | 2.61 | 2.63 | 2.74 |
| Bolt30-2 | 1.36 | 1.68 | 1.74 | 1.83 | 1.89 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 2.01 |
| Bolt30-3 | 1.29 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.82 | 1.83 | 1.94 | 1.95 | 2.01 |
| Average | 1.39 | 1.77 | 1.83 | 1.94 | 1.99 | 2.06 | 2.07 | 2.11 |
CR : Relative creep; µt : Deflection at time; µ0 : Initial deflection