Reinforcement of timber elements in compression perpendicular to the grain using compressed wood dowels

The authors would like to thank the technical staff at the National University of Ireland Galway for their guidance and expertise during this study and Dr Zhongwei Guan and researchers at the University of Liverpool for supplying the compressed wood dowels utilised in this study.

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