Duration of load effect on curved glulam beams. Part 2. Long term load tests and analysis

VTT Publications

Volumn , Issue 334, 1998, Pages 3-76

  Gowda, Shankare ^a   Kortesmaa, Markku ^a   Ranta Maunus, Alpo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Glulam beams; Humidity; Life (durability); Loads (forces); Structural timber; Wooden structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542364162     PISSN: 12350621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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