The work deals with issues of evaluation of the shear properties of timber structural materials, particularly CLT elements. The work contains an overview of extensive research so far presented scientific studies dealing with the characteristic shear properties of wood. In the practical part was carried out the experiment dealing with the failure mode of transverse lamellae of CLT elements that were exposed to shear stress. There were observed individual effects that this may affect the material properties. In the first part of the experiment were performed numerical models using FEM. In the second part, the test specimens were tested in three point bending. Here, attention was paid to the influence of macroscopic properties of wood on the distribution of stress cracks and shear strength, the tests were recorded using DIC system.

I dagsläget finns ca 600 000 ha Contortaskog i Sverige varav en stor del planterades runt 70- till 80-talet. Contorta har sitt ursprung i västra USA och Kanada och introducerades i Sverige som en lösning på en förutspådd fibersvacka. I dagsläget börjar en stor del av den inplanterade Contortan börjar bli så pass gammal att det går att ta fram sågade trävaror ur stocken men exakt vilka egenskaper svenskvuxen Contorta har inte helt redogjort. I denna studie har korrelationen mellan medelårsringsbredden, sommarvedsandelen, svällning och böjhållfastheten, e-modulen och densiteten undersökts. Dessutom undersöktes det om det finns en statistisk skillnad mellan de fyra växtplatserna hos Contortan i studien och hur Contorta skiljer sig mot svensk tall och gran. Korrelationen mellan medelårsringsbredden och böjhållfastheten var -0,33, densiteten -0,18 och E-modulen -0,42. För sommarvedsandelen var korrelationen till böjhållfastheten 0,11, densiteten 0,21 och E-modulen 0,06. För radiell respektive tangentiell svällning var korrelationen till böjhållfastheten -0,12 och -0,15, densiteten 0,01 och 0,11, E-modulen -0,29 och 0,27. För alla fyra växtplatser fanns det en statiskt signifikant skillnad mellan medelvärdena för alla undersökta variabler. Svensk tall och Gran har liknande samband. / Currently there is about 600 000 hectares of lodgepole pine forests in Sweden which of most were planted during the 1970s and -80s. Lodgepole pine is native species to western USA and Canada and was introduced in Sweden as an answer to an expected pulp-fiber volume depression. A big portion of these stands are now reaching maturing age for sawn timber product production, but little is known about lodgepole pine grown on Swedish soil. In this study, the correlation between the mean tree ring width, latewood ratio, swelling and the bending strength, modulus of elasticity (MOE) and density have been studied, if there is a statistically significant difference between the four different geographical stands the lodgepole pine in this study are stemming from and lastly how Swedish grown lodgepole pine differs from the traditional Swedish construction lumbers Scots pine and Norway spruce. The correlation between the mean ring width and the bending strength was -0,33, the density -0,18 and the MOE -0,42. For the latewood ratio and the bending strength it was 0,11, the density 0,21 and the MOE 0,06. For the radial and tangential swelling respectively it was -0,12 and -0,15 for the bending strength, 0,01 and 0,11 for the density and -0,29 and 0,27 for the MOE. For all four different growth stands there was a statistically significant difference between the means for all studied variables. The relationships for both Scots pine and Norway spruce show similar magnitudes and directions.