Volume 6, Issue 7 (July 2019), Pages: 64-67

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Statistical analysis of mechanical properties of wood

 Author(s): Michael C. Agarana ^1, *, Esther T. Akinlabi ², Sheila A. Bishop ¹

 Affiliation(s):

 ¹Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
 ²Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-2013-2100-8282

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.07.008

 Abstract:

It is a known fact that wood is a very good material for structural building components. This paper attempts to carry out a series of statistical analyses to show the relationship or correlation between different types of wood as relates to their different mechanical properties. An analytical method was used to calculate the values of the parameters, while some statistical concepts were adopted to find the relationship and correlation between them. Computer software– Maple, was used to draw the graphs. The results give some information useful for structural engineers in taking important decisions. Some of the striking results are that average stiffness of the American hardwoods, considered in this paper, is greater than average stiffness of the American softwoods, and there is a little positive correlation between the bending stiffness and the compressive stiffness of America hardwoods. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Statistical analysis, Mechanical properties, Wood

 Article History: Received 28 August 2018, Received in revised form 9 March 2019, Accepted 7 May 2019

 Acknowledgement:

No Acknowledgement.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Agarana MC, Akinlabi ET, and Bishop SA (2019). Statistical analysis of mechanical properties of wood. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(7): 64-67

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