Kinza Hassan, M. Shabir Mahr, J. Iqbal, H. M. Asif Javed, Zulfiqar Ali Raza, F. Rasheed
{"title":"Directional variability of wood properties in Pinus wallichiana and Dalbergia sissoo of South Asian origin","authors":"Kinza Hassan, M. Shabir Mahr, J. Iqbal, H. M. Asif Javed, Zulfiqar Ali Raza, F. Rasheed","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2232653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2232653","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Pinus wallichiana and Dalbergia sissoo wood is widely used in the construction and furniture industry in Pakistan. However, directional variability of physical properties, which can be important for wood-based industry, remains poorly documented. In both wood types, water and moisture uptake, water contact angle, and compressional strength varied significantly along the three directions. Water and moisture uptake was found significantly higher in tangential direction while water contact angle, and compressional strength was found the highest along the longitudinal direction in both wood types. Furthermore, thermal conductivity and diffusivity were found the highest along longitudinal direction however, specific heat capacity was found the highest in radial direction. Based on the results it can be concluded that although, dimensional variability was more pronounced in Dalbergia sissoo wood however, studies on site-specific variations in physical properties need further investigations for better recommendations.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46459127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Fereday, Nick Meech, Guy Nevill, Dougal Driver, Harri Lewis
{"title":"Coppiced sweet chestnut in UK construction – challenges and opportunities for design development of hardwood building products","authors":"G. Fereday, Nick Meech, Guy Nevill, Dougal Driver, Harri Lewis","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2223944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2223944","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study comprised two focus groups exploring technical challenges and opportunities for small diameter sweet chestnut hardwood in construction. Five structural building products were designed and fabricated informed by the findings from the focus groups. Simple mobile sawmill and manual cleaving processes were used to align with regional skills and wood processing infrastructure. The building products developed were designed to provide a regenerative alternative to imported softwood timber that dominates the UK construction sector. Radially-sawn beams were found to provide high yield from small diameter roundwood and cleaving of short lengths of coppice was an effective way of producing building products from the highest proportion of short-rotation, coppiced sweet chestnut trees.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47064057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In This Issue","authors":"G. Sawyer","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2239588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2239588","url":null,"abstract":"Impact of multiple recycling on the dimensional stability of wood-plastic composite made by injection molding process This is the era of composite materials including wood/plastic composites. The raw materials are mostly from recycled stock, but what if the wood/plastic composite is itself recycled? How will properties be affected? Payam Sareian at the University of Tehran investigated how properties change with recycling up to five times. Payam Saraeian p.saraeian@iau-tnb.ac.ir","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47707409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. M. Brito, Jessica Sabrina Silva Ferreira, Glaucileide Ferreira, João Gabriel Missia da Silva, A. Mendonça, Humberto Fantuzzi Neto, J. Paes, D. C. Batista
{"title":"Physical and mechanical properties of thermally modified short-rotation wood in a closed system","authors":"T. M. Brito, Jessica Sabrina Silva Ferreira, Glaucileide Ferreira, João Gabriel Missia da Silva, A. Mendonça, Humberto Fantuzzi Neto, J. Paes, D. C. Batista","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2228554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2228554","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This work aimed to evaluate the effect of a closed system thermal modification process on some physical and mechanical properties of eucalypt and teak short-rotation wood. We assessed untreated eucalypt and teak (EW and TW) and thermally modified eucalypt and teak wood (TMEW and TMTW). The process was carried out at 160°C for 45 min, and we performed some physical and mechanical tests. Thermal modification reduced the mechanical resistance and hygroscopicity and increased the dimensional stability of wood. The normal density (ρ 12) of TMTW was reduced, but no significant effect was verified for TMEW, although it had an absolute reduction of 7%. For both conditions (untreated and thermally modified), teak was more resistant to failure (higher MOR in static bending), and no difference between the species was verified for MOE. Eucalypt wood was more resistant to compression parallel to the grain in both conditions.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42182493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Ndiwe, N. Konai, Achille Désiré Omgba Betené, A. Pizzi, Achille Gnassiri Wedaïna, Fotio Nzogning, A. Mewoli, Michel Mbere Taoga, Duval Tekam, Honore Bayangbe Kikmo, P. Kah
{"title":"Characterization of Grewia bicolor fibre and its use in the development of composites","authors":"B. Ndiwe, N. Konai, Achille Désiré Omgba Betené, A. Pizzi, Achille Gnassiri Wedaïna, Fotio Nzogning, A. Mewoli, Michel Mbere Taoga, Duval Tekam, Honore Bayangbe Kikmo, P. Kah","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2223936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2223936","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The fibre of Grewia bicolor bark (GB) was extracted and used as reinforcement for the development fibreboards using orthophtalique unsaturated polyester (UP) as a matrix. Two methods of extraction of fibres were used, namely biological retting and chemical extraction by a sodium hydroxide solution at a 5% concentration. Chemical, Physical, mechanical, and thermal characteristics were determined using ATF FTIR, mechanical test and thermogravimetric analysis. The theoretical density of the characterized fibres was 1.30 g/cm3. The porosity decreases by 5% from the root to the leaves. The SEM analysis indicated the presence of fibrils coated with a rough sheath similar to a honeycomb cell structure. The use of NaOH in the extraction method removes the hemicellulose, pectin, wax, and lignin from the fibres. The average elasticity modulus of untreated and treated fibres are, respectively, E = 35.18 ± 2.25 MPa and E = 33.47 ± 2.35 MPa and internal bond of fibreboards are 0.98 ± 0.05 MPa and 1.06 ± 0.02 MPa.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44075804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of multiple recycling on the dimensional stability of wood–plastic composite made by the injection moulding process","authors":"Zahra Salahshournejad, P. Saraeian, E. Shakouri","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2222259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2222259","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored the effect of multiple recycling on the dimensional stability of wood–plastic composite. For this purpose, the injection moulding parameters effective on dimensional stability were first optimized based on the response surface method. Optical scanning, melt flow index (MFI), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests were used to analyse the shrinkage and deformation of recycled samples. The obtained results revealed that some recycled samples were subjected to thermal changes during the grinding and injection moulding process. The MFI and DSC results showed that the high-density polyethylene thermoplastic used in the wood–plastic composite was broken with long chains. Also, thermal changes occurred during the grinding and injection moulding process. The samples recycled three times had the highest dimensional instability (2.8% of shrinkage values). Finally, with the reduction of DSC, the semi-crystalline structure changed to amorphous, and the samples recycled four and five times had 2.7% and 2.5% shrinkage percentage, respectively.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44936055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel approach for modelling a historic timber roof","authors":"F. Frontini","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2171895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2171895","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Værnes church is one of the oldest mediaeval stone churches with the original wooden roof in Norway. The roof is made of several crossed layers of wooden boards connected with a large number of wooden dowels and has stood for centuries, but there are visible deformations in the lower parts of the structure. In this work, finite element models of the roof are presented in an attempt to characterise the behaviour of the wooden connections in the diaphragm. Two main scenarios are discussed: a first scenario that takes into consideration only the frame with line loads, considering the wooden boards merely as loads and a second scenario where the wooden boards are considered collaborating planks that influence the behaviour of the structure. As result of the work, it is possible to state that the wooden planks provide a stiffening effect, distributing the load on the gable walls. .","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45881141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria A Riggio, Morvarid Dilmaghani, C. A. Sanchez
{"title":"Understanding structural health monitoring data to support decision-making processes and service life management of mass timber buildings. A preliminary study on use of data scaffolding","authors":"Maria A Riggio, Morvarid Dilmaghani, C. A. Sanchez","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2177092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2177092","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Structural health monitoring (SHM) can be used to support decision-making processes leading to improved building management plans. With advanced engineered wooden buildings on the rise, SHM has emerged as a critical tool to document behaviour of these structures. However, monitoring data need to be easily accessible and understandable to support informed decisions. This study explores the potential benefits of an intentionally designed data scaffolding to support interpretation of SHM data for timber structures. Results suggest that appropriate scaffolding (e.g. pinpointing critical parameter ranges) can enable lay users to better interpret monitoring data of timber structures. Results also suggest that, for more highly educated users, access to graphs linked to metadata can be beneficial. Overall, it appears that documentation related to the monitored phenomena and context, as well as more explicit reference to building performance requirements, could improve data-driven decision making for all knowledge levels for the building maintenance sector.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49380358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabrina Puttmann, Bertil Burian, L. Müller, Marcus Müller
{"title":"Impact of different polyethylene glycol wood treatments on the adhesive properties of beech wood","authors":"Sabrina Puttmann, Bertil Burian, L. Müller, Marcus Müller","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2023.2171934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2023.2171934","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Modified beech wood, treated with polyethylene glycol (PEG), was examined regarding its adhesive properties. Therefore, beech wood was modified with various molecular weights and amounts of PEG. All variants of the PEG treatment lead to an improved dimensional stability of beech wood samples. Afterwards, three different kinds of adhesive systems were tested on the modified wood. The three adhesive systems were based on phenol-resorcin-formaldehyde (PRF), emulsion-polymer-isocyanate (EPI) and melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF). The adhesives were tested according to a delamination test between layers (DIN EN 16351 annex A) and a determination of the longitudinal tensile bonding strength (DIN EN 302-1 A1). The achieved results showed an effective wood modification with suitable bonding properties. The usage of PEG-modified beech in constructive applications such as cross-laminated-timber (CLT) seems to be possible.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44452564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nisrina P. Hanifah, Resa Martha, I. Rahayu, W. Darmawan, B. George, P. Gérardin
{"title":"Surface characterization and paint bonding quality on chemically and thermally modified short rotation teak wood","authors":"Nisrina P. Hanifah, Resa Martha, I. Rahayu, W. Darmawan, B. George, P. Gérardin","doi":"10.1080/20426445.2022.2138908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2022.2138908","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Chemical and thermal modification can change the hydrophilic properties of wood, and thus affect their coating performance. This study determined the surface characteristics of chemically and thermally modified short rotation teak wood. The characteristics studied were surface roughness, surface free energy (SFE), contact angle, wettability, and coating bonding quality. Results show that the surface of short rotation teak became smoother after chemical and thermal modifications; however, surface roughness increased after furfurylation. The total SFE of chemically and thermally modified teak wood decreased after treatment. The decrease in the total SFE caused the decrease in the constant contact angle change rate (K-value). The K-values for water-dispersed polyurethane and acrylic paints were nearly 0, which indicated their lower wettability. The paint bonding quality decreased after accelerated weathering. Short rotation teak with Glycerol-Maleic Anhydride (GMA)-thermal treatment can be considered for exterior applications with a proper selection of paint.","PeriodicalId":14414,"journal":{"name":"International Wood Products Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48552303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}