Modeling of Damage Evolution in Soft-Wood Perpendicular to Grain by means of a Discrete Element Approach

Falk K. Wittel, Gerhard Dill-Langer, Bernd-H. Kroeplin

The anisotropy of wood within the radial-tangential (RT) growth plane has a major influence on the cracking behavior perpendicular to grain. Within the scope of this work, a two-di…