Use of bending tests and visual inspection for multi-scale experimental evaluation of chestnut timber beams stiffness

The assessment of existing timber structures requires the determination of the mechanical properties of the individual timber members, which is often obtained by visual grading combined with information of small clear wood specimens. The purpose of this work is to present the results obtained in a m...

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Main Author: Sousa, Hélder S. (author)
Other Authors: Branco, Jorge M. (author), Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/38277
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/38277