Nonlinear Modeling of a Sustainable Material

This study developed a nonlinear constitutive model for a sustainable orthotropic material. Existing methods for constitutive models of wood were improved upon to include the nonlinear stress-strain response not only in the two orthogonal axes but at any orientation to the strong axis of the material. This method also simplifies the nonlinear stress-strain relationships into bilinear stress-strain curves which can be valuable in hand calculations as well as finite-element analyses. The effectiveness of the proposed constitutive model is demonstrated by comparing bilinear stress-strain predictions to experimental data.

Name thesis:degree_name

MS in Architecture

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Baza, Jorien Gill

Contributors dc:contributor

• Edmond P. Saliklis

• plastic-fiber composite tension bending shear
• Architectural Engineering

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2010.176

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1436