Effect of loading rate and thickness on the tensile properties of wood strands

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 33-37

  Jeong, Gi Young ^a   Hindman, Daniel P ^a   Finkenbinder, David ^b   Lee, Jong N ^c   Lin, Zhiyuan ^a  

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

^b Simpson Strong Tie   (United States)

^c APA The Engineered Wood Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOADING RATES; LOWER AVERAGES; SPECIMEN THICKNESSES; STANDARDIZED TESTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE MODULUS; TEST CONDITIONS; TEST RESULTS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTHS; WOOD STRANDS;

ELASTIC MODULI; STRAIN RATE; WOOD;

TENSILE TESTING;

ELASTICITY; STRAINS; TENSILE TESTS; WOOD;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 56549121295     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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