Figure 101. SYP Grade DS-65.

Fracture of wood.

This diagram shows two separate images. The first image is a brown colored square. At each corner on both the left and right hand side of the square there exists an arrow pointing away from the image.

Specimens break in two.

This second image shows two halves of the first image separate from each other with a dotted outline of the original image between them. The left hand corners of the left hand half exhibit the same arrows as the previous image as do the right hand corner of the right hand image.

Finite element simulation.

This diagram shows two separate images. The first image is a brown colored square. At each corner on both the left and right hand side of the square there exists an arrow pointing away from the image.

Element stretches.

This daigram shows an elongated rectangle colored brown. The rectangle’s center is surrounded by a dotted outline of a square. At each corner on both the left and right hand side of the rectangle there exists an arrow pointing away from the image.

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