Method of measuring the shear strength of wood by the asymmetric four-point bending test using a notched beam specimen

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 352-356

  Yoshihara, Hiroshi ^a   Ohhata, Otome ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric four point bending test; Block shear test; Iosipescu shear test; Notched beam specimen; Shear strength; Span depth ratio

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; BENDING STRENGTH;

NOTCHED BEAM SPECIMEN;

WOOD; BENDING TESTS;

BENDING; CARBON FIBERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TESTS; WOOD;

ABIES SACHALINENSIS; ASYMMETRIC FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST; BLOCK SHEAR; BLOCK SHEAR TEST; IOSIPESCU SHEAR TESTS; NOTCHED BEAM; NOTCHED BEAM SPECIMEN; SHEAR TESTS; SHEARS STRENGTH; SPAN-DEPTH RATIO;

EID: 0042380204     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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