Wood Properties and Processing

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