Three-dimensional modelling of wood fracture in mode i, perpendicular to the grain direction at fibre level

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-58

  Sedighi Gilani, Marjan ^a   Job, Luc ^a   Navi, Parviz ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fracture; Lattice; Microstructure; Mixed model; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548553471     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270600881835     Document Type: Article

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