Macro- and micro-mechanical properties of red oak wood (Quercus rubra L.) treated with hemicellulases

Holzforschung

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-453

  Konnerth, Johannes ^a   Eiser, Martina ^b   Jäger, Andreas ^c   Bader, Thomas Karl ^c   Hofstetter, Karin ^c   Follrich, Jürgen ^b   Ters, Thomas ^a   Hansmann, Christian ^b   Wimmer, Rupert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b KOMPETENZZENTRUM HOLZ GMBH   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuum micromechanics model; Enzyme; Hemicellulose; Mechanical properties; Modification; Nano indentation; Red oak; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

CELL-WALL MATRIX; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS; CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS MODEL; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; HEMICELLULASES; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; MODIFICATION; QUERCUS RUBRA; RED OAK; REDUCED ELASTIC MODULUS; REDUCED MODULUS; TREATED WOOD;

BIOMECHANICS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ENZYMES; HARDNESS; NANOINDENTATION; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; HARDNESS; HEMICELLULOSES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUERCUS; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 77953221195     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2010.056     Document Type: Article

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