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Strain-softening behavior of wood under tension perpendicular to the grain
Journal of Wood Science volume 53, pages 463–469 (2007)
Abstract
Three softwood samples and one hardwood sample were tested under a tension load applied along the radial direction using small clear specimens and the local tension strain was measured using the digital image correlation method. We successfully obtained a stress-strain curve with a strain-softening branch by calculating the stress using the strain distributions in the vicinity where the specimen ruptured. The continuous digital imaging of the specimen proved to be very effective for measuring the strain in quasi-brittle materials such as wood under tension. The nonlinearity of the stress-strain curve was quantified using two parameters representing the deviation from linear elasticity, and the formula of the stress-strain curve was deduced from the interrelation between these parameters. This formula is expressed quite simply by using the modulus of elasticity along the radial direction and another constant that is unique to the material.
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Part of this article was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Akita, Japan, August 2006
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Miyauchi, K., Murata, K. Strain-softening behavior of wood under tension perpendicular to the grain. J Wood Sci 53, 463–469 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-007-0899-3
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