Thermal degradation of bending properties of structural wood and wood-based composites

Holzforschung

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Sinha, Arijit ^a   Gupta, Rakesh ^a   Nairn, John A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending strength; Thermal degradation of strength; Wood and wood based composites

Indexed keywords

BENDING PROPERTIES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXISTING STRUCTURE; EXPOSURE-TIME; KINETICS-BASED MODEL; LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER; ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS; POST-FIRE; REGRESSION-BASED MODEL; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SAWN LUMBER; STATIC BENDING; STRENGTH LOSS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WOOD STRUCTURE; WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES;

DEGRADATION; LUMBER; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; WOOD; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

BENDING STRENGTH;

BEND STRENGTH; BUILDINGS; COMPOSITES; DEGRADATION; LUMBER; PYROLYSIS; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

EID: 79955922970     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2011.001     Document Type: Article

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