The merits of the photoelastic coating technique as applied to
wood were evaluated. Comparative tests were made on 12 nominal
two-by-four Douglas Fir boards. The object of these tests was to
determine the limitations of this technique, such as accuracy and
complexity of experimental procedure. Correlation of the experimental
results...
Elasticity properties of wood studs are essential inputs for
the structural analysis of wood-stud wall systems.
A theoretical procedure was developed to determine the probability
distributions for the deflection-load relations of stud samples.
The procedure is based on the finite element analysis and a Monte-
Carlo type simulation and accounts...