Thesis (Ph.D)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Armanios, Erian; Committee Member: Dancila, D. Stefan; Committee Member: Declercq, Nico F.; Committee Member: Haj-Ali, Rami; Committee Member: Johnson, W. Steven. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection. Non-Latin script record

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-130). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Indiana University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).

The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on October 21, 2009). Thesis advisor: Dr. W. Jang. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Göteborg.

This report presents numerical analyses of dowel connections modeled in ABAQUS using a rheological model for wood taking into account loading time, moisture content of wood and the load case. Some experimental tests under constant moisture content have been modeled as well and the numerical results are in good agreement with the experiments. Variable relative humidity conditions have been applied to some connections. The results show that the variations of moisture content in wood can strongly increase the stresses in wood, especially in the direction perpendicular to the grain. The same connection has been modeled with and without reinforcement based on glued-in rods. It appears that the presence of glued-in rods affects the stresses around the holes and most of the tension stresses are converted into compression stresses. A one dowel connection has been modeled to study the influence of the friction coefficient between wood and steel on the crack appearance. The results have showed that the higher the friction coefficient is, the smaller the strains perpendicular to grain are. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Western Washington University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-85). Also issued online.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Lehigh University, 2002. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-04, Section: B, page: 2018. Adviser: John N. DuPont.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Haj-Ali, Rami; Committee Co-Chair: Leon, Roberto; Committee Co-Chair: White, Donald; Committee Member: DesRoches, Reginald; Committee Member: Gentry, Russell. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.