Don't know if this site has been discussed here before, but this site has great publications on a number of the topics currently discussed here.
I promise it's not spam. -Steve
http://www.umass.edu/bmatwt/index.html
Just click on the publications link.
Not spam. Good stuff.
We've seen a couple of them.
I particularly enjoyed "Computational Modeling of Strand-based Wood Composites."
Nothing like a good engineering book to remind you how much you don't know about so many things. :)