The Role of Bearing Plates in the Five-Point Bending Tests of Structural-Size Lumber

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-190

  Leichti, Robert J ^a   Nakhata, Tongchate ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing plates; Composite materials; Compression stress; Finite element analysis; Nonlinear; Shear stress; Wood test methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000871254     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12060j     Document Type: Article

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