Effect of web stiffness on the bending behaviour of timber composite I-beams

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 844-849

  Racher, P ^a   Bocquet, J F ^b   Bouchair, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

Author keywords

Destructive testing (G); Mechanical (E); Natural materials (A)

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIMBER;

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NATURAL MATERIALS; SLENDERNESS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIMBER;

EID: 33751299076     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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