Effect of growth ring orientation and placement of earlywood and latewood on MOE and MOR of very-small clear Douglas-fir beams

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Grotta, Amy T ^a,c   Leichti, Robert J ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^a   Johnson, G R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Douglas fir; Growth ring orientation; MOE; MOR; Orthotropic material; Size effect; Small bending specimens

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; SOFTWOODS; STANDARDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GROWTH RING ORIENTATION; LONGITUDINAL TANGENTIAL SURFACE; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIAL; SIZE EFFECT; SMALL BENDING SPECIMENS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BEAMS; BEND STRENGTH; ELASTIC STRENGTH; GROWTH RINGS; ORIENTATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; RUPTURE MODULUS; SPRING WOOD; STANDARDS; SUMMER WOOD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD MEASUREMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD TESTS;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 18844392870     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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