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L7 composites - Materials Science and Engineering

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46<br />

Intro<br />

Composite<br />

Applns.<br />

Properties<br />

Voigt,<br />

Reuss,<br />

Hill<br />

Anistrpy.<br />

CTE<br />

Cellular<br />

Matls.<br />

Wood<br />

Wood: modulus, contd.<br />

• The second equation is more subtle <strong>and</strong> states that<br />

the elastic modulus transverse to the grain varies<br />

more rapidly - with the square of the density - than<br />

the axial modulus. The reason for this can be<br />

understood very simply in terms of the cellular<br />

structure. When wood is loaded across the grain, the<br />

cell walls bend like miniature beams. This response<br />

can be quantified by use of beam theory to arrive at<br />

the functional dependence of equation 2.

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