Wood Properties and Processing

• Main Author: Humar, Miha
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: acoustic resonance; aluminium reinforcements; artificial weathering; bamboo; bamboo grid packing; bending stiffness; blue staining fungi; Book Industry Communication; brittleness; brown rot; building culture background; building material; cell-wall mechanics; chemical changes; chemical composition; CIELab system; coefficient of wood bendability; color; colour; colour change; colour changes; compression; Coniophora puteana; cooling packing; cooling tower; cyclic loading; deflection at the limit of proportionality; deflection at the modulus of rupture; density; Douglas-fir; dynamic modulus of elasticity; dynamic strength; elastic constants; elemental composition; end-product-based fiber attribute determinates; Eucalyptus; Euler-Bernoulli; European hardwoods; fiber-managed hardwoods; flexible chair; flexural rigidity; FTIR; fungi; glued lamella; glulam; green larch; hardwoods; heat treatment; high frequency drying; High-Energy Multiple Impact (HEMI)–test; hybrid beams; immigrants; infrared spectroscopy; intra-ring variation; laminated wood; longitudinal stress wave velocity; low quality round wood; lumber; machinability; marketing; material preference; mechanical properties; microfibril angle; minimal curve radius; mixed-effects hierarchical linear models; modulus of elasticity; modulus of elasticity (MOE); moisture content; natural weathering; neural network; non-destructive testing; nondestructive assessment; nondestructive testing; orthotropic; phenol formaldehyde resin; Pinus massoniana Lamb; plantation timber; poplar seedlings; predictive performance; Q1-390; QC1-999; Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects; relative humidity; Research & information: general; Resistance to Impact Milling (RIM); root-collar diameter; roughness; silviculture; stiffness; strength grading; structural changes; technological and product innovations; tensile modulus; tensile strength; thinning; three-point bending; tropical woods; ultimate state; ultrasonic speed; ultrasonic wave velocity measurement; ultrasound; urban housing; volume yield; weight of a user; wood; wood based composites; wood impregnation; wood mechanical properties; wood properties; wood-processing industry performance; wooden windows

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. Qua...