A transversely isotropic law for the determination of the circumferential young's modulus of bamboo with diametric compression tests

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Torres, L A ^a   Ghavami, K ^b   Garcia J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bamboo; Elastic constants; Finite elements; Testing procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048957176     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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