Effect of size on bending strength of wood members

Billy Bohannan

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Effect of size on bending strength of wood members

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Billy Bohannan

Year:

1966

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Res. Pap. FPL-56. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1966: 30 pages

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Abstract

This paper discusses the assumptions used in the statistical theory of strength, shows the application of the theory to wood bending members, and gives a comparison between theory and actual data for wood beams.

Keywords

Bending strength, statistical theory, wood beams, strength

Citation

Bohannan, Billy. 1966. Effect of size on bending strength of wood members. Res. Pap. FPL-56. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1966: 30 pages