Compression creep model for Nigeria grown Terminalia ivorensis (black afara) timber

A.I. Mohammed, A Ocholi, S.P. Ejeh, Y.D. Amartey
2019 Nigerian Journal of Technology  
Mathematical model of compression creep for Terminalia ivorensis (Black Afara) timber were developed and presented in this paper. One-year creep test was performed in this process on Terminalia ivorensis timber samples. The creep data were fitted to linear, exponential and logarithmic regression models. The coefficients of determination for each of the model was determined. The coefficients of determination of the linear, exponential and logarithmic models were determined as 0.689, 0.650 and
more » ... 41 respectively. Since the logarithmic model has the highest correlation with coefficient of determination of 0.941, it gave the best compression creep prediction model for the Terminalia ivorensis timber.
doi:10.4314/njt.v38i2.6 fatcat:s7cbrgv2kvb7nkkakxhzqxbhqi