On the long-term visco-elastic behaviour of polyethylene glycol (PEG) impregnated archaeological oak wood

Holzforschung

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-728

  Hoffmann, Per ^a,b  

^a Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum ^*  (Germany)

^b Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum   (Germany)

Author keywords

archaeological wood; Bremen Cog; creep; elastic deformation; PEG; polyethylene glycol impregnation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958066082     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2010.082     Document Type: Article

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