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Hiroshi Yoshihara
Simple estimation of critical stress intensity factors of wood by tests with double cantilever beam and three-point end-notched flexure
Keywords: critical stress intensity factor, DCB test, 3ENF test, mode I, mode II, wood
Simple equations are proposed for calculation of critical stress intensity factors by tests using double cantilever beam (DCB) and three-point end-notched flexure (3ENF). The calculation modes are named here as modes I and II and are based on the beam theory and 95 previously published data on the elasticity properties of woods. The validity of the data was examined on specimens of western hemlock wood with various crack lengths. The influence of the elastic properties is more significant on the stress intensity factor calculated in mode I than that calculated in mode II. Further work is needed, particularly for measuring the mode I stress intensity factor. However, it is obvious from the experiments with western hemlock that the critical stress intensity factors can be determined by the equations proposed here.
Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 0018-3830
Volume: 61, 03/2007
Pages: 182 - 189