Flexural and shear behaviour of ancient wooden beams: Experimental and theoretical evaluation

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 729-744

  Calderoni, C ^a   De Matteis, G ^a,b   Giubileo, C ^a   Mazzolani, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient wood; Chestnut; Full scale test; Material testing; Shear failure; Wooden beam

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; WOODEN FLOORS;

ANCIENT WOODEN BEAMS; CHESTNUT BEAMS; FULL SCALE TEST; SHEAR FAILURE;

WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEARING CAPACITY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS; WOODEN FLOORS;

FLEXURE; WOOD;

EID: 30844436776     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.09.027     Document Type: Article

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