Experimental and numerical investigation of wood fracture mechanisms at different humidity levels

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Vasic, Svetlana ^a   Stanzl Tschegg, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); Finite element analysis (FEA); Fracture; Fracture mechanisms; Moisture; Numerical modelling; Solid wood

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKING; MOISTURE; REAL TIME CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOUGHENING;

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (ESEM); FRACTURE MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL MODELING; STRESS GRADIENTS;

WOOD;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 34250355647     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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