Continuous and non-invasive analytical methods, such as Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR), are increasingly utilized across various industries, generating substantial data with valuable insights. This study explored the prediction of …
verfasst von:
Ingrid Bakke, Kelly Peeters, Roland Kallenborn, Anders Q. Nyrud
Bamboo and bamboo products, known for their hygroscopic nature, exhibit sensitivity to different loading rates in dry conditions. However, with the increasing prevalence of heavy and extended precipitation events due to global warming, there is …
verfasst von:
Chenman Wang, Hongxu Wang, Yingying Guo, Damith Mohotti, Paul J. Hazell
Agarwood oil is considered to be one of the costliest essential oils, produced by hydro-distillation of agarwood chips from resin impregnated wood from Aquilaria spp. Prior to distillation, the traditional production process involves a prolonged …
Lightweight structures are of paramount importance in engineering applications. Optimal designs combining various optimization techniques can maximize desired mechanical characteristics while minimizing undesired static or dynamic behaviors.
Veneer knots are the main indicator of plywood quality. Existing veneer knot identification algorithms have a high identification accuracy rate of over 90%. However, the convolutional neural network (CNN) model is complex and requires laborious …
The increasing demand for wood with enhanced flame retardant characteristics in construction applications necessitates strategic interventions. This study explores the fire behaviour and chemical characterisation of Robinia pseudoacacia wood …
verfasst von:
Salvio Marino, Milan Gaff, Anil Kumar Sethy, Gourav Kamboj, Fatemeh Rezaei, František Kačík, S. Behnam Hosseini, Haitao Li, David Hui
Location determines not only the climatic condition but also the structural loads that the structure must withstand. Given the broad variety of climatic and seismic requirements of Chile, the design of lightweight timber buildings considering both …
A major function of resin in trees is to provide defense against external attacks by releasing the resin flow in the attacked or damaged area. Nonetheless, leakage of resin on the surface can have negative aesthetic and economic impacts on wood …
Making furniture or furniture elements that account for the needs of children at various stages of development or with psychomotor dysfunctions is very difficult. From the point of view of exploitation and production technology, it is difficult to …
verfasst von:
Grzegorz Struzikiewicz, Marek Misiniec, Kinga Misiniec, Anna Myrda
Laminated bamboo columns with box sections are favored by designers because they overcome the disadvantage of small elastic modulus, but local buckling behavior caused by an excessive width-to-thickness ratio will lead to a non-uniform …
The study addresses concerns associated with formaldehyde-based adhesives in wood panel board production by proposing geopolymer-based wood binders as promising, formaldehyde-free alternatives. Using bentonite, the research delves into the …
The house longhorn beetle, Hylotrupes bajulus L., is a recognized wood pest with larvae capable of infesting and damaging various wood species. The larvae’s wood-cutting capability is attributed to the metal-reinforced chitin in their mandibles …
verfasst von:
Roberto D. Martínez, Milagros Casado, Luis-Alfonso Basterra
The wood-based panel industry in Europe, which is dominated by the use of Norway spruce, will face new challenges due to environmental changes and the bark-beetle calamity, which started a new era of forestry. To explore the possibility of …
verfasst von:
Tomáš Pipíška, Marek Nociar, Pavel Král, Jozef Ráheľ, Pavlo Bekhta, Roman Réh, Ľuboš Krišťák, Miroslav Jopek, Barbora Pijáková, Rupert Wimmer, Milan Šernek
Elastic fasteners have been widely adopted in timber sleeper tracks in certain high-demand areas across North American freight network due to their excellent potential to mitigate rail-rollover derailments by resisting steering moment and rotation …
verfasst von:
Rahat Mahmud Khan, Marcus S. Dersch, Alison C. Dunn
The paper presents a fully Lagrangian mesh-free solver to simulate the dynamic behavior of post-tensioned timber structures. Weakly Compressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is employed to model both the timber and the tendon. An …
This paper presents the dynamic characteristics of the glued-laminated-timber (glulam) floor within China's tallest timber office building and establishes a Finite Element (FE) model. The veracity of the FE model is substantiated through …
Not before the year 2016, the European standard system did allow for classifying the durability of treated wood in addition to natural durability of untreated wood species. After its latest revision, EN 350 (2016) allows a durability …
verfasst von:
Christian Brischke, Susanne Bollmus, Lukas Emmerich
Cork planks with Yellow Stain (YS) defect are rejected from cork-stopper factory industries resulting in large economical losses. This defect has been related to 2,4,6—trichloroanisole (TCA), a chemical compound responsible for an off-flavor aroma …
verfasst von:
Sandra Veloso, Ana Magro, Joana Henriques, Luís Bonifácio, José Pedro Fernandes, Ana Paula Ramos, Eugénio Diogo, Helena Bragança