Probabilistic procedure for design of untreated timber poles in-ground under attack of decay fungi

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-481

  Wang, Chi hsiang ^a   Leicester, Robert H ^a   Nguyen, Minh ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decay; Design; Durability; Probability; Timber

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNGI; PROBABILITY; TIMBER; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

DECAY FUNGI; DURABILITY DESIGN FACTOR; IN-GROUND UNDER ATTACK;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 35348967912     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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