Initiation and Growth of Delamination in Wood and Wood-Based Composites, a Fracture Mechanics Approach

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Date: 20 October 2010

Title 

Initiation and Growth of Delamination in Wood and Wood-Based Composites, a Fracture Mechanics Approach

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• Voichita Bucur

Abstract 

Fracture Mechanics concept has been applied to wood material as reported during more than fourthly years, by numerous references, review articles and books. Some of them are cited below. (Attack et al. 1961; Porter 1964; Schniewind and Centeno 1973; Schniewind and Lyon 1971, 1973; Schniewind and Pozniak 1971; Leicester 1971, 1973, 1974; Pearson 1974; Jeronimidis 1976, 1980; Schniewind 1977; Barrett 1976, 1981; Schniewind et al. 1982; Valentin and Morlier P 1982; Jung and Murphy 1983; Boatright and Garrett 1983, Triboulot et al. 1982, 1984; Tschegg 1986; Patton – Mallory and Cramer 1987; Gustafsson 1985; Boström 1988, Valentin et al. 1991; Aicher 1992; Aicher et al. 1993, 1998; Stanzl-Tschegg et al. 1994, 1995, Zink et al. 1994, 1995; Gibson and Ashby 1997, Bodner et al.1997; Thuvander and Berglund 1998; Tschegg et al. 2001; Sippola and Frühmann 2002; Cotterell 2002; Reiterer and Sinn 2002; Smith et al. 2003; Vasic and Smith 2002, 2003; Conrad et al. 2003; Nairn 2006; Vasic and Stanzl-Tschegg 2007; Nairn 2007a, b, c; Hofstetter et al. 2007).

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