This paper presents the results of a developmental program designed to determine physical and environmental effects on the response of balsa wood as an energy dissipator. Specifically, the effects of moisture content, density, temperature, and pressure on the energy dissipating characteristics of balsa wood are presented. It is shown that the response of balsa wood is critically dependent on physical and environmental conditions, and that the energy dissipating capacity of the material increases significantly under certain combinations of these conditions.


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    Title :

    Physical and Environmental Effects on the Energy Dissipating Characteristics of Balsa Wood


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    National Aeronautic and Space Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting ; 1966



    Publication date :

    1966-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :