Critical section effect during derivation of settings for grading machines based on dynamic modulus of elasticity

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 189-196

  Rais, Andreas ^a   Van de Kuilen, Jan Willem G ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bending testing; knots; length effect; local weakness; Machine strength grading

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; LOAD TESTING; STANDARDIZATION;

BENDING TESTING; KNOTS; LENGTH EFFECTS; LOCAL WEAKNESS; MACHINE STRENGTH GRADING;

BENDING STRENGTH;

EID: 84947909690     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2015.1109546     Document Type: Article

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