Bending creep and load duration of Douglas-fir 2 by 4s under constant load for up to 12-plus years

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-501

  Gerhards, Charles C ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending creep; Controlled and uncontrolled environments; Deflection; Design criteria; Load duration; Lumber grade; Relative creep; Wood beams; Wood engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008016775     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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