Incorporating spatiotemporal effects and moisture diffusivity into a multi-criteria materials selection methodology for wood-polymer composites

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 589-601

  Srubar, Wil V ^a   Miller, Sabbie A ^b   Lepech, Michael D ^b   Billington, Sarah L ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterioration modeling; Diffusion; Environmental impact assessment; Materials selection; Wood polymer composites

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MOISTURE; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYMERS; WOOD;

CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; DETERIORATION MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONG-TERM DURABILITIES; MATERIALS SELECTION; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL EFFECTS; WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84908292296     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.08.049     Document Type: Article

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