Effect of stress level on bending creep behavior of wood during cyclic moisture changes

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-28

  Zhou, Yaguang ^a   Fushitani, Masami ^a   Kubo, Takafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bending; Creep; Cyclic moisture changes; Stress level

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010731799     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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