Relaxation mechanism of residual stress inside logs by heat treatment: Choosing the heating time and temperature

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-28

  Nogi, Masaya ^a,b   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Okuyama, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth stress; Heat treatment; Residual stress; Stress relaxation; Wood drying

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; MOISTURE; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

WOOD COMPONENTS;

WOOD;

AIR DRYING; BOLTS; FIBER SATURATION POINT; FREE WATER; HEAT TREATMENT; LOGS; MOISTURE; RELAXATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 0142103213     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100860300004     Document Type: Article

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