Fracture characterisation of yew (Taxus baccata L.) and spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in the radial-tangential and tangential-radial crack propagation system by a micro wedge splitting test

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-588

  Keunecke, Daniel ^a   Stanzl Tschegg, Stefanie ^b   Niemz, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Fibre bridging; Fracture perpendicular to the grain; Spruce (Picea abies); Wedge splitting test; Yew (Taxus baccata)

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FORESTRY; FRACTURE;

FIBER BRIDGING; FRACTURE PERPENDICULAR TO THE GRAIN; WEDGE SPLITTING TESTS;

SOFTWOODS;

PICEA ABIES; TAXUS BACCATA; WEDGES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 34547811471     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.089     Document Type: Article

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