Development of design values for wood-plastic composite materials

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-418

  Davidow, Steven A ^a   Fridley, Kenneth J ^b  

^a DCI Engineers   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Design; Plastics; Structural materials; Wood

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PLASTICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITE (WPC) MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL;

EID: 0142261092     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2003)15:5(415)     Document Type: Article

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