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Fracture and Fatigue in Wood
Ian Smith
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Description for Fracture and Fatigue in Wood
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TGM; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 272 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
Damage in wood is principally the result of fatigue. Fatigue is the process of progressive localised irreversible change in a material, and may culminate in cracks or complete fracture if conditions that initiated or propagated the process persist. Comprehensive understanding of fatigue and fracture in engineered wood components must be founded on a proper understanding of the damage processes.
Although wood is the world's most widely used structural material, whether measured by volume consumed or value of finished construction, its behaviour is not well understood even by people who have spent their careers studying it.
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Damage in wood is principally the result of fatigue. Fatigue is the process of progressive localised irreversible change in a material, and may culminate in cracks or complete fracture if conditions that initiated or propagated the process persist. Comprehensive understanding of fatigue and fracture in engineered wood components must be founded on a proper understanding of the damage processes.
Although wood is the world's most widely used structural material, whether measured by volume consumed or value of finished construction, its behaviour is not well understood even by people who have spent their careers studying it.
* ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471487081
SKU
V9780471487081
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Ian Smith
Ian Smith is the author of Fracture and Fatigue in Wood, published by Wiley. Eric Landis is the author of Fracture and Fatigue in Wood, published by Wiley. Meng Gong is the author of Fracture and Fatigue in Wood, published by Wiley.
Reviews for Fracture and Fatigue in Wood
"...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)