Moisture performance characteristics of OSB and spruce plywood exterior sheathing products

Proceedings of the 3rd International Building Physics Conference - Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 97-105

  Ojanen, Tuomo ^a   Ahonen, Jarkko ^a   Simonson, Carey J ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLYWOOD; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COLD CLIMATES; EUROPEANS; HIGH HUMIDITIES; LOAD CONDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE PERFORMANCES; MOISTURE PROPERTIES; NEW PRODUCTS; ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS; SPRUCE PLYWOODS; STRUCTURAL STRENGTHS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 56349131919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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