Mode I fracture toughness estimation of wood by DCB test

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2105-2113

  Yoshihara, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamura, Takuji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Wood; B. Fracture toughness; DCB test

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE CALIBRATION METHODS; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB) TEST; END NOTCHED FLEXURE (ENF) TEST; WILLIAMS'S CORRECTION METHOD;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADS (FORCES);

WOOD;

CRACKS; FRACTURE; LOADS; WOOD;

EID: 33749508332     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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