Shear strength of solid-sawn Douglas-fir beams

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 130-138

  Rammer, Douglas R ^a,b   Lebow, Patricia K ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM SIZE; DEPTH; DOUGLAS-FIR LUMBER; MOISTURE CONTENT; SHEAR AREA; VOLUME;

CORRELATION METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031211530     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(1997)9:3(130)     Document Type: Article

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