Verification Of Weibull’s Theory Of Brittle Fracture To Meranti’s Timber Loaded In Tension Parallel To The Grain

Authors

  • Suhaimi Abu Bakar
  • Abd Latif Saleh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v43.764

Abstract

Kayu sudah dikenali ramai sebagai bahan yang rapuh di bawah pembebanan tegangan dan mempunyai sifat tidak homogen. Sungguhpun teori rapuh musnah Weibull sudah disahkan untuk kayu lampung, pengesahan teori ini terhadap spesis kayu keras terutamanya daripada kalangan kayu spesis tempatan adalah sangat terhad. Kertas kerja ini mengemukakan pengesahan teori Weibull terhadap kayu tempatan untuk spesis Meranti yang dibebani secara tegangan selari dengan ira. Penganggaran teori dibandingkan dengan keputusan ujian. Taburan kekuatan tegangan pada beberapa kebarangkalian ditemui hampir sama dengan penganggaran teori. Dua nilai parameter Weibull dicadangkan dalam formulasi penganggaran kekuatan tegangan untuk kayu tempatan. Juga ditemui, kekuatan tegangan bagi kayu tempatan dipengaruhi oleh isipadu kayu tersebut. Kata kunci: Teori Weibull, musnah rapuh, kebarangkalian gagal, ujian tegangan kayu, spesis Meranti Timber is a well–known brittle material under tensile load and is also an inhomogeneous material. Although Weibull’s theory of brittle fracture is well established for softwood timber, the verification of this theory to hardwood species, particularly to the timber of local species is very limited. This paper presents the verification of Weibull’s theory to local timber of Meranti species loaded in tension parallel to the grain. The theoretical prediction is compared to the test results. It is found that the variation of tensile strength at several probabilities is in close agreement with theoretical prediction. Two values of Weibull’s parameters were proposed in the formulation to predict the tensile strength for local timber. It is also found that the tensile strength of local timber is affected by its volume. Key words: Weibull’s theory, brittle fracture, probability of failure, timber tension tests, Meranti species

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Published

2012-02-29

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Science and Engineering

How to Cite

Verification Of Weibull’s Theory Of Brittle Fracture To Meranti’s Timber Loaded In Tension Parallel To The Grain. (2012). Jurnal Teknologi, 43(1), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v43.764