Abstract: Wood is one of the earliest construction materials, and the structural use of wood and wood-based materials continues to steadily increase. In fact, new wood-based materials continue to be developed and successfully ...

Abstract: The effect of moisture content on the reliability of structural wood members is examined, and possible code provisions to account for such effects are presented. Specifically, the effect of assuming one moisture content ...

Abstract: The load-duration, or creep-rupture, behavior of wood and wood composite products has been studied extensively by numerous researchers, and simplified design procedures to account for creep effects are in place. However, ...

Abstract: As the use of wood-plastic composite (WPC) materials extends to include more structural applications, there is an increasing need to determine design values appropriate for designing structural WPC elements. Depending on ...

Abstract: Due to the deterioration of existing timber fender systems in waterfront facilities, high performance, composite replacement components for these structures are in demand. The performance criteria for these replacement ...

Abstract: Interface debonding can grow slowly within the FRP-to-concrete interface in aggressive environments, even though the energy release rate at the crack tip is only a fraction of the critical energy release rate of the ...

Abstract: Current light-frame wood construction design specifications recognize repetitive member effects in wood-joist floor systems. However, it is unclear whether these design stress increases apply equally to both uniform and ...

Abstract: As part of a parent study of possible environmental effects on the long‐term load‐carrying performance of structural lumber, the material characteristics of a lumber sample are evaluated in several hygrothermal states. The ...

Abstract: Recent research into the strength of dimension lumber has led to the development of an alternative failure criterion based on the notion of a critical energy density for the material. The strength of wood is known to be ...

Abstract: It is well known that wood exhibits continued additional creep deflection under long-term load. Differential creep behavior among joists, sheathing material, and connection details in a wood joist floor system can affect ...