Comparison of fracture properties of two wood species through cohesive crack simulations

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-427

  Dourado, N ^a   Morel, S ^b   de Moura, M F S F ^c   Valentin, G ^b   Morais, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Wood; B. Fracture toughness; C. Finite element analysis; Cohesive damage model

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE KINEMATICS; WOOD;

COHESIVE DAMAGE MODEL; CRACK BILINEAR MODEL; POINT-BENDING;

FRACTURE;

CRACKS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 38949209828     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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