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Book Synopsis
What is known about the failure processes surrounding wood comes almost entirely from empirical evidence gathered for engineering purposes. With only limited resources and the need to obtain practical results quickly, the timber engineering research community has avoided the route of scientific inquiry.

Trade Review
"...highlight[s] the complexity of the selections processes that have to be considered before embarking upon the application of theory..." (Jnl of the Inst of Wood Science, Winter 2004)

Table of Contents
Introduction.

Structure and Properties of Wood.

Mechanical Behaviour of Wood: Concepts and Modelling.

Principles of Fracture Mechanics.

Fracture and Failure Phenomena in Wood.

Fatigue in Wood.

Fracture Modelling in Wood.

Fatigue Modelling in Wood.

Application of Information and Concepts.

Index.

Fracture and Fatigue in Wood

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 22 April 2003
      ISBN-13 9780471487081
      978-0471487081
      ISBN-10 0471487082
      Also in:
      Building construction and materials Materials science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What is known about the failure processes surrounding wood comes almost entirely from empirical evidence gathered for engineering purposes. With only limited resources and the need to obtain practical results quickly, the timber engineering research community has avoided the route of scientific inquiry.

      Trade Review
      "...highlight[s] the complexity of the selections processes that have to be considered before embarking upon the application of theory..." (Jnl of the Inst of Wood Science, Winter 2004)

      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      Structure and Properties of Wood.

      Mechanical Behaviour of Wood: Concepts and Modelling.

      Principles of Fracture Mechanics.

      Fracture and Failure Phenomena in Wood.

      Fatigue in Wood.

      Fracture Modelling in Wood.

      Fatigue Modelling in Wood.

      Application of Information and Concepts.

      Index.

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