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Fracture resistance to the crack propagation in wood

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In this paper the crack-growth resistance of wood is discussed on the basis of an energy consideration. The ‘KC-constant load-displacement curve’ method has been used to obtain the crack-growth resistance curves for two different orientations of mode I fracture. These fracture resistance curves give a more relevant and exact result on the crack propagation in wood than LEFM's parameters like KIC.

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  1. Institute of Meteorology and Physics, University of Agriculture of Vienna, Türkenschanzstraße 18, Wien, Austria

    S. E. Stanzl-Tschegg & D. M. Tan

  2. Institute of Applied and Technical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Wiedner Hauptstraße 4-6, Wien, Austria

    E. K. Tschegg

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Stanzl-Tschegg, S.E., Tan, D.M. & Tschegg, E.K. Fracture resistance to the crack propagation in wood. Int J Fract 75, 347–356 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019614

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