Modeling the reliability of wood tension members exposed to elevated temperatures

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-237

  Lau, Peter W ^a   Barrett, J Dave ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature; Fire; Lumber; Modeling; Reliability; Tension member; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343275374     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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