Comparison of actual vs. simulated failure distributions of flexural wood specimens subject to 5-day load sequences

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-80

  Cai, Zhiyong ^a,e   Rosowsky, David V ^b,e   Hunt, Michael O ^c,e   Fridley, Kenneth J ^d,e  

^a Temple Inland Inc   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

^e FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

WOOD;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0033640580     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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