Wood has always been used by man for his means of transport. It is only since the beginning
of the 20th century that it has fallen into disuse due to the industrial production of concrete …

If there is one domain of civil engineering in which adhesives are currently booming, then it
is timber engineering. Natural adhesives have been used for centuries to structurally …

Shear stresses in planes perpendicular to the grain, so-called rolling shear stresses, need to
be considered in the ultimate and serviceability limit state design of many timber structural …

There is an increasing demand for engineered wood products in modern structures. Birch
plywood is promising in structural applications, due to the combined advantages of its …

In this work, the evaluation of the longitudinal modulus of elasticity (EL) of maritime pine
(Pinus pinaster Ait.) was investigated by means of compression tests parallel to the grain …

This paper reports a numerical study of the end notched flexure Pinus pinaster wood
specimen. The main objective was to validate a data reduction method based on the …

Bone can be viewed as a nano-fibrous composite with complex hierarchical structures. Its
deformation and fracture behaviors depend on both the local structure and the type of stress …

This thesis reports mechanical properties of clear wood from Norway spruce, comprising
each orthotropic material direction and plane over the complete loading range till failure …

Adhesive bonding is increasingly being considered by engineers for load-bearing joints to
complement, or supplement, traditional mechanical fasteners for a large variety of structural …

An experimental study was performed using Iosipescu specimens to evaluate the effects of
parameters such as shear plane, density and adhesive joints on the shear stiffness and …