Evaluation of creep behavior of structural lumber in a natural environment

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Shen, Yuanhua ^a   Gupta, Rakesh ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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