FEI Beng-hua, ZHANG Dong-Sheng. Using Fractural Crack and Stress Field to Study the Fractal Property of Wood[J]. China Wood Industry, 2003,(3):7-9. DOI: 10.19455/j.mcgy.2003.03.003.
Wood cracks in an irregular path due to its anisotropic nature. This property also leads to the non-linear distribution of the crack in the two dimensions. The crack and stress-strain of Chinese White Poplar (Populus tomentosa) was studied by the box counting method. The results showed that the cracks were obvious fractal and that the value of dimension D was determined to be betw een 1.2 ~ 1.5 by studying the crack propagation in the two dimensions. By comparing the crack propagation over a period of time, we found that the value of D increased as the crack increased. The stress field of the crack revealed the fractal property and the value of D was found to be smaller at the tip of the cra ck and increased as the distance from the tip of the crack increased.