TY - JOUR
T1 - Examination of the failure behaviour of wood with a short crack in the tangential-radial system by single-edge-notched bending test
AU - Susanti, Cicilia Maria Erna
AU - Nakao, Tetsuya
AU - Yoshihara, Hiroshi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Mr. He Wen for his help in conducting the experiment. This study was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 21580207) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Single-edge-notched tests of a tangential-radial system were conducted on agathis specimens to analyze the failure behaviour of wood with a short crack. The nominal bending strength and mode I critical stress intensity factors of the specimens with various crack lengths were measured, and the influence of the crack length on these properties was examined. The nominal bending strength of the cracked specimens was significantly lower than that of a crack-free specimen, even when the crack was extremely short. This finding suggests that the fracture mechanics theory is essential for analyzing the failure behaviour of wood with a very short crack. However, the mode I critical stress intensity factor still depended on the crack length. When considering the fracture process zone developing at the crack tip, the critical intensity factor could be predicted effectively.
AB - Single-edge-notched tests of a tangential-radial system were conducted on agathis specimens to analyze the failure behaviour of wood with a short crack. The nominal bending strength and mode I critical stress intensity factors of the specimens with various crack lengths were measured, and the influence of the crack length on these properties was examined. The nominal bending strength of the cracked specimens was significantly lower than that of a crack-free specimen, even when the crack was extremely short. This finding suggests that the fracture mechanics theory is essential for analyzing the failure behaviour of wood with a very short crack. However, the mode I critical stress intensity factor still depended on the crack length. When considering the fracture process zone developing at the crack tip, the critical intensity factor could be predicted effectively.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.05.019
DO - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.05.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953214447
SN - 0013-7944
VL - 77
SP - 2527
EP - 2536
JO - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
JF - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
IS - 13
ER -