Reliability analysis for critical reaction forces of lumber members with an end notch

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 202-210

  Smith, Ian ^a   Chui, Ying Hei ^a   Hu, Lin Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design criterion; Fracture; Lumber; Notched beam; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

CRITICAL REACTION FORCES; END NOTCH; SPECIFIED REACTION FORCE STRENGTH; STRESS GRADE;

LUMBER;

EID: 0030080686     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l96-021     Document Type: Article

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