Verification of weibull's theory of brittle fracture for local timber loaded in tension parallel to grain

• Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Suhaimi, Saleh, Abd. Latif
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2008
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28145/1/SuhaimiAbuBakar2008_VerificationofWeibullsTheoryofBrittleFracture.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28145/; http://www.fka.utm.my/jsb/redzuan/5P/bookchapter_fka08[1].pdf

Conventional brittle fracture theory (or statistical strength theory) has been developed on the basis of the weakest link concept proposed by Pierce, who studied cotton yarns, and Tucker, who studied concrete [1]. Major developments of the theory were made by Weibull [2], who verified his results wi...