Some aspects of load duration behaviour in wood

Present design stresses for structural timber include a reduction factor to account for the duration of loading. Recent studies have shown however that this factor does not apply to commercial grade timber containing knots and other irregularities of grain. It has also been shown that the apparent...

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Main Author: Clark, Kenneth Bruce
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19364

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