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Anomalous thermal expansion behaviors of wood under dry and low-temperature conditions

  • Tsunehisa Miki EMAIL logo , Hiroyuki Sugimoto , Yuzo Furuta , Ichinori Shigematsu and Kozo Kanayama
Published/Copyright: November 30, 2013
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Abstract

The thermal expansion behavior of dry solid wood was investigated by dynamic dilatometry and thermal mechanical analysis. Anomalous thermal expansion behavior was observed concerning the displacement change under a constant compression pressure, which was not previously reported. Wood submitted to temperatures below 0°C under dry conditions exhibited a large increment in the linear thermal expansion coefficient (CLTE) and a sudden drop in the CLTE around 50°C as well as above 130°C during heating. In subsequent cooling/heating processes, these anomalous behaviors remained at temperatures below 100°C, although less pronounced, and disappeared at temperatures above 100°C. These behaviors were clearly perceptible in the radial and tangential directions but not in the longitudinal direction. The CLTE depended strongly on the heat and moisture history of the samples and the effects are species-specific.


Corresponding author: Tsunehisa Miki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2266-98 Anagahora, Shimo-shidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 463-8560, Japan, Phone: +81-52-736-7527, Fax: +81-52-736-7533, e-mail:

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our appreciation to Dr. K. Kojiro and Dr. N. Sobue for their discussions. The present study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) (No. 19688010) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

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Received: 2013-6-12
Accepted: 2013-11-6
Published Online: 2013-11-30
Published in Print: 2014-7-1

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