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CONTRAINTE ADMISSIBLE BASALE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Rough Carpentry
DEF

A stress that can be permanently sustained with safety by an ideal structural member subject to ideal service conditions and containing no strength-reducing characteristics, i.e. defect-free ...

OBS

It is derived from the average of tests on (generally unseasoned) small clear specimens, with reductions to allow for other factors, mainly variability in strength, effects of load duration, a safety factor ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Charpenterie
Key term(s)
  • contrainte nominale

Spanish

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