Failure mechanisms in wood-based materials: A review of discrete, continuum, and hybrid finite-element representations

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-359

  Smith, Ian ^a,b   Snow, Monica ^b   Asiz, Andi ^b   Vasic, Svetlana ^a  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolted connections; Continuum models; Damage modelling; Discrete models; Failure theories; Finite element (FE) method; Fracture mechanics; LEFM; Wood products

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUST CONTROL;

BOLTED CONNECTIONS; CONTINUUM MODELS; DAMAGE MODELING; DISCRETE MODELS; ENERGY SINKS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 34250368111     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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