Effect of knots on longitudinal shear strength of Douglas-fir using shear blocks

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 77-83

  Gupta, Rakesh ^a   Basta, Craig ^a   Kent, Scott M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS-FIR; MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MOR); SHEAR BLOCKS; SHEAR PLANE;

BENDING (FORMING); BRITTLENESS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

SHEAR STRESS;

BENDING; BRITTLENESS; ELASTIC STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 9944265136     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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