Coupled experiments and simulations of microstructural damage in wood

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-394

  Landis, Eric N ^a   Vasic, Svetlana ^a   Davids, William G ^a   Parrod, Perrine ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Fracture; Lattice model; Morphology based model; Softening; Strain; Wood

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE;

WOOD;

WOOD;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIMULATION; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 0036958689     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001448502321548210     Document Type: Article

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