Reprint
Wood Properties and Processing
Edited by
May 2020
350 pages
- ISBN978-3-03928-821-2 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03928-822-9 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Wood Properties and Processing that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
Wood-based materials are CO2-neutral, renewable, and considered to be environmentally friendly. The huge variety of wood species and wood-based composites allows a wide scope of creative and esthetic alternatives to materials with higher environmental impacts during production, use and disposal. Quality of wood is influenced by the genetic and environmental factors. One of the emerging uses of wood are building and construction applications. Modern building and construction practices would not be possible without use of wood or wood-based composites. The use of composites enables using wood of lower quality for the production of materials with engineered properties for specific target applications. Even more, the utilization of such reinforcing particles as carbon nanotubes and nanocellulose enables development of a new generation of composites with even better properties. The positive aspect of decomposability of waste wood can turn into the opposite when wood or wood-based materials are exposed to weathering, moisture oscillations, different discolorations, and degrading organisms. Protective measures are therefore unavoidable for many outdoor applications. Resistance of wood against different aging factors is always a combined effect of toxic or inhibiting ingredients on the one hand, and of structural, anatomical, or chemical ways of excluding moisture on the other.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
artificial weathering; blue staining fungi; colour change; natural weathering; wood; marketing; material preference; urban housing; immigrants; building culture background; building material; chemical changes; colour changes; infrared spectroscopy; hardwoods; roughness; Douglas-fir; lumber; non-destructive testing; modulus of elasticity (MOE); stiffness; thinning; silviculture; wood based composites; hybrid beams; bending stiffness; flexural rigidity; aluminium reinforcements; wooden windows; end-product-based fiber attribute determinates; longitudinal stress wave velocity; mixed-effects hierarchical linear models; predictive performance; bamboo grid packing; cooling packing; cooling tower; mechanical properties; fungi; bamboo; heat treatment; wood; structural changes; nondestructive testing; ultrasound; Euler-Bernoulli; modulus of elasticity; neural network; high frequency drying; moisture content; wood; brittleness; density; dynamic strength; High-Energy Multiple Impact (HEMI)–test; Resistance to Impact Milling (RIM); bamboo grid packing; cooling packing; cooling tower; chemical composition; elemental composition; FTIR; color; tropical woods; brown rot; Coniophora puteana; colour; CIEL*a*b* system; technological and product innovations; cyclic loading; laminated wood; deflection at the limit of proportionality; deflection at the modulus of rupture; wood-processing industry performance; orthotropic; elastic constants; green larch; compression; three-point bending; coefficient of wood bendability; laminated wood; technological and product innovations; minimal curve radius; orthotropic; tensile modulus; tensile strength; moisture content; relative humidity; glued lamella; flexible chair; weight of a user; ultimate state; volume yield; European hardwoods; low quality round wood; strength grading; glulam; ultrasonic wave velocity measurement; nondestructive assessment; wood mechanical properties; intra-ring variation; dynamic modulus of elasticity; Pinus massoniana Lamb.; phenol formaldehyde resin; wood impregnation; wood properties; cell-wall mechanics; ultrasonic speed; poplar seedlings; acoustic resonance; density; microfibril angle; root-collar diameter; machinability; Eucalyptus; plantation timber; fiber-managed hardwoods