Fundamental Concepts Concerning the Mechanics of Wood Deformation; Geometric Models

Currently available methods of analyzing and predicting high stress and fracture behavior of wood and other composite materials include such ideas as levels of inhomogeneity, statistical theories, geometrical models, continuum micro-mechanics, the energy bonding method, the stress principle, the couple-stress theory, the layered fiber composite model, the cellular model, and the couple-stress cellular model. All of these concepts have potential for describing the complex mechanical behavior of wood. The elucidation of more appropriate models from the above theories must evolve by stepwise postulation and verification of the underlying assumptions based upon an understanding of the morphological aspects of high stress and fracture phenomenon.

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