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NALT Full

Preferred term

wood strength

Type

Topic

Definition

(1) The ability of a member to sustain stress without failure. (2) In a specific mode of test, the maximum stress sustained by a member loaded to failure.
Source: Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

wood mechanical properties

Related concepts

creep strength

In other languages

resistencia de la madera

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/67409

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