...Shohei Kajikawa; Shota Oda; Takashi Kuboki; Masahiro Kondo; Mitsuru Abe; Masako Seki; Tsunehisa Miki; Eduardo Alberto de Souza Neto Purpose In this study, we investigate the optimum model for a virtual material test of wood by comparing finite element method (FEM) analysis using the representative...

... and cares for reliable path following. Professor Michael Kaliske can be contacted at: Michael.Kaliske@tu-dresden.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Finite element analysis Wood Nonlinear physical behaviour Path-finding Snap-back Timber structures With respect to Equation...

... to increase the productivity of wood scientists conducting research on wood‐based composites manufacturing processes. WBCSim serves as a prototypical example for the design, construction, and evaluation of small‐scale PSEs. Design/methodology/approach Various changes have been made to support...

...Josef Eberhardsteiner; Günter Hofstetter; Günther Meschke; Peter Mackenzie‐Helnwein In this paper, three research topics are presented referring to different aspects of multifield problems in civil engineering. The first example deals with long term behaviour of wood under multiaxial states...