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Fracture and Fatigue in Wood |
| Ian Smith (University of New Brunswick, Canada); Eric Landis (University of Maine, USA); Meng Gong (Kyoto University, Japan ) |
| Wood is the worlds most used structural material but its deformation and failure processes are poorly understood compared to knowledge about man-made materials like metals, concrete, ceramics, glass and plastics. Combining materials science, wood science and engineering mechanics perspectives, Fracture and Fatigue in Wood steers away from empirical experience and focuses on a mechanics-based study of deformation and failure in wood, providing a deep understanding of underlying physical processes. Fracture and Fatigue in Wood covers: *interpretation of experimental information about fracture and cyclic and static fatigue behaviour of wood;
*the latest modelling techniques and test evidence on fracture and fatigue microscopic processes; *wood structure, ranging from molecular to gross levels, physical and mechanical properties of wood and their inherent relationship; | | |
