Fracture behaviour of softwood

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 803-815

  Smith, Ian ^a   Vasic, Svetlana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridged crack model; Fracture mechanisms; LEFM; NLFM; Notched beams

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACKS; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CRACK OPENING;

SOFTWOODS;

BEAMS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOFTWOODS; STRESSES;

EID: 0037881847     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00208-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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