Modeling wood strands as multi-layer composites: Bending and tension loads

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-526

  Hindman, Daniel P ^a   Lee, Jong Nam ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earlywood; Intra ring properties; Latewood; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; SOFTWOODS; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BENDING LOADS; INTRA-RING PROPERTIES; TENSION LOADS; WOOD STRANDS;

WOOD;

BENDING; COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; PINUS TAEDA; SPRING WOOD; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SUMMER WOOD; TENSION; TRACHEIDS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 36248984989     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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