Strength of small-diameter round and tapered bending members

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 50-55

  Wolfe, Ron ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING LOAD DESIGN CAPACITY; FIBER STRESS; LUMBER QUALITY; STRENGTH-REDUCING EFFECTS;

BARK STRIPPING; BENDING STRENGTH; LOGGING (FORESTRY); LUMBER; NATURAL FIBERS; SAWING; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

TIMBER;

BARK; BEND STRENGTH; FORESTS; LOGGING; LUMBER; SAWING; STRESSES; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 15944410002     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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