Crack equivalent based method applied to wood fracture characterization using the single edge notched-three point bending test

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-520

  de Moura, M F S F ^a   Dourado, N ^b   Morais, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Civil engineering structures; Crack growth; Fracture mechanics; Wood

Indexed keywords

BEAM THEORIES; CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; CLASSICAL METHODS; CONSISTENT VALUES; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK MONITORING; DAMAGE INITIATION; DAMAGE MODEL; EQUIVALENT-LINEAR; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; R-CURVES; SINGLE EDGE NOTCHED; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA REDUCTION; MECHANICS; STRESS RELIEF; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WOOD;

CRACKS;

BRITTLENESS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CRACKS; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; GROWTH; MECHANICS; STRUCTURES; WOOD;

EID: 74349083905     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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