Verification of weibull's theory of brittle fracture to meranti's timber loaded in tension parallel to the grain

Timber is a well-known brittle material under tensile load and is also an inhomogeneous material. Although Weibull's theory of brittle fracture is well established for softwood timber, the verification of this theory to hardwood species, particularly to the timber of local species is very limit...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Suhaimi, Saleh, Abd Latif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2005
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/3657/1/JTDIS43B%5B03%5D.pdf