Compressive response and failure of balsa wood

By André Silva, S. Kyriakides. 2007

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Mechanics of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) wood (2015, methodology): “The extrapolated axial cell-wall compressive strength (185 MPa) is similar to the values of 190-200 MPa estimated from compression data of balsa by Vural & Ravichandran (2003) and Da Silva & Kyriakides (2007).”
Role of cell regularity and relative density on elasto-plastic compression response of random honeycombs generated using Voronoi diagrams (2014, background): “While man-made honeycombs are generally fabricated using a regular arrangement of standard unit cells such as triangles, squares, rhombus, hexagons (most common), circles or other 2D geometries, natural honeycombs such as balsa wood tend to show non-uniformity and randomness (see for example Da Silv”
Dynamic compressive behaviour of cellular materials: A review of phenomenon, mechanism and modelling (2018, unknown): “Wood exhibits similar out-of-plane compressive behaviour to honeycombs with respect to cell-wall buckling [204].”
Review of state of the art of dowel laminated timber members and densified wood materials as sustainable engineered wood products for construction and building applications (2020, unknown): “Furthermore, wood has high speci ﬁ c stiffness and strength and is an economical alternative to other commonly used building materials (Da Silva and Kyriakides, 2007).”