The fracture toughness of medium density fiberboard (MDF) including the effects of fiber bridging and crack-plane interference

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2748-2757

  Matsumoto, Noah ^a   Nairn, John A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive stress; Composite; Crack interference; Energy methods; Fiber bridging; Fracture toughness; Material point method; Wood

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE STRESS; COMPOSITE CRACKS; ENERGY METHOD; ENERGY METHODS; FIBER BRIDGING; MATERIAL POINT METHODS;

CRACKS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FIBERS; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 70449638095     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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