Bending properties of particleboard determined in three and four-point bending tests (part I)

Journal of the Institute of Wood Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Moarcas, Odette ^a,b   Mansfield Williams, Hugh ^a   Thomas, Wilfred ^c   Matthews, Brian ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Bending properties; Concentrated load; Finite element analysis; Four point bending test; Modulus of rigidity; Particleboard; Three point bending test

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SHEAR STRESS;

BENDING PROPERTIES; CONCENTRATED LOAD; SHEAR DEFLECTION; WOOD CHIPBOARD;

PARTICLE BOARD;

BEND TESTS; PARTICLE BOARDS;

EID: 0033640457     PISSN: 00203203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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