Strength grading of Norway spruce structural timber: Revisiting property relationships used in EN 338 classification system

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 259-278

  Steiger, René ^a   Arnold, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; CHARACTERISTIC VALUES; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; COMPRESSION STRENGTHS; GRADING PROCESS; LARGE DATA SETS; MEAN VALUES; MECHANICAL TESTS; MODULUS OF ELASTICITIES; NORWAY SPRUCES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLID TIMBERS; STRENGTH CLASS; STRENGTH GRADING; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL TIMBERS; TENSION AND COMPRESSIONS; TIMBER QUALITIES;

BENDING TESTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LOGGING (FORESTRY); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIMBER; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

BENDING STRENGTH;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 67349286158     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-008-0221-6     Document Type: Article

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