Numerical prediction of engineered wood flooring deformation

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-496

  Blanchet, Pierre ^a   Gendron, Guy ^b   Cloutier, Alain ^b   Beauregard, Robert ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dimensional stability; Engineered wood flooring; Finite element modeling; Hygromechanical deformation; Moisture transfer; UF resin properties

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DESORPTION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESINS; WOODEN FLOORS;

ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING; HYGROMECHANICAL CUPPING; HYGROMECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RESIN PROPERTIES;

DEFORMATION;

COMPOSITES; DEFORMATION; DESORPTION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 23844480050     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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