Application of linear fracture mechanics to notched timber elements

Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-37

  Leicester, R H ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis; Fracture mechanics; Non zero angle; Notch; Stress intensity factor; Structural; Wood

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TIMBER;

LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; NON-ZERO ANGLE; NOTCH; TIMBER ELEMENTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 32944461561     PISSN: 13650556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pse.210     Document Type: Article

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