Dr. Mohammad Derikvand, InnoRenew CoE researcher, together with Mosayeb Dalvand, and Zahra Bahmani from University of Tehran, and Sadegh Maleki, from Tarbiat Modares University, recently published a new scientific article “Bending moment capacity of double mortise and tenon joints under diagonal tension and compression,” in Wood Material Science & Engineering.

In the paper they present an experimental study on both individual and combined effects of tenon thickness and tenon length on the bending moment capacity of double mortise and tenon joints under diagonal tension and compression loads.

They found that increasing tenon thickness can weaken the joint because it makes the mortise walls thinner, which can lead to breaking prematurely.