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Crack-tip displacement fields have been computed based on digital image correlation for spruce ( Picea abies  [L.] Karst.) and birch ( Betula pendula  Roth.) wood, which were submitted to pure mode I loading in the RT-direction under both green and air-dried conditions. Moreover, crack propagation was modeled based on both linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and nonlinear fracture mechanics, relying on the fictitious crack model (FCM). The measured and modeled load versus the crack-mouth opening displacement (CMOD) curves and displacement fields were compared. In the case of spruce, the load-CMOD curves simulated by the FCM coincide well with the measured ones. On the contrary, measured near crack-tip displacement fields in both green and air-dried spruce are better comparable with the LEFM predictions than with the FCM predictions. In the case of green birch, the simulated FCM curve follows the measured curve quite well, but in air-dried birch the simulated FCM curve has a better fit than the LEFM-curve only before maximum load. In birch, the FCM predicts the displacement fields better than the LEFM. In both species, moisture content has a big effect on the softening behavior. In both spruce and birch, the FCM overestimates the displacements ahead of crack tip, whereas the LEFM model underestimates the displacements.

The fracture behavior of birch and spruce in the radial-tangential crack propagation direction at the scale of the growth ring