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The mechanical properties define the behaviour of the timber under external loads, resulting directly from the timber anisotropic and heterogeneity characteristics. Depending upon the type of applied load the failure can be tensile, shear or torsion. When load enter the plastic regime, the stress-strain relationship passes through a maximum called the tensile strength. The tensile strength of wood being constant above the fibre saturation point, it increases with decreasing moisture content below the fibre
saturation. This can be related to where the water is absorbed in the microstructure. Their study is of great interest allowing the rational use of different wood species for structural and building purposes.
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Ferreira, Débora, Fonseca, E.M.M.; Pinto, Cristiana; Borges, Paula (2015). Tensile strength of pine and ash woods – experimental and numerical study. In 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design M2D2015. Azores, Portugal