Theoretical predictions on the influence of moisture on movements of wooden construction elements

Abstract

The paper presents a method for determining the creep function of wood. A key feature of this method is a constitutive relation which includes the continuous effect of wood moisture on creep. The method can be applied to improve the precision of design of wooden structures as well to assess the safety of biodegraded (biologically corroded) structural elements fabricated from wood. Keywords: construction, wooden constructions, rheology, constitutive relation, creep function

Keywords

• construction
• wooden constructions
• rheology
• constitutive relation
• creep function