Moisture-induced stresses and distortions in spruce cross-laminates and composite laminates
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Thomas Gereke
Abstract
The crosswise gluing of cross-laminated panels made of solid wood can cause problems when exposed to moisture variations. In the present study, the substitution of the spruce middle layer by a wood composite is tested for its influence on moisture-induced stresses and deformations in laboratory tests and numerical simulations. Furthermore, slits in the spruce middle layer were investigated. The hygroscopic warping due to a moisture gradient, stresses caused by moistening and cracks due to drying were studied. The results show larger warping in composite laminates compared to the spruce cross-laminate, which is governed by the modulus of elasticity of the middle layer. The in-plane swelling was found to be larger in composite laminates, while stresses were lower. The drying test discovered that cracks develop in the middle layer of spruce-medium density fiberboard laminates due to shear stresses and tensile stresses in the thickness direction. It was concluded that slits can be applied in the middle layer, as they have no significant influence on moisture-induced stresses but increase the thermal insulation. If the substitution of the spruce layer is required, the application of oriented strand board in the middle layer is recommended.
©2010 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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- Moisture-induced stresses and distortions in spruce cross-laminates and composite laminates
- Short Note
- Recovery of cellulose and xylan liquefied in ionic liquids by precipitation in anti-solvents
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Original Papers
- Initiating ECF bleaching sequences of eucalyptus kraft pulps with Z/D and Z/E stages
- Characterization of black liquors from kraft pulping of first-thinning Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
- Analysis of products from the oxidation of technical lignins by oxygen and H3PMo12O40 in water and aqueous methanol by size-exclusion chromatography
- Oxidative polymerisation of models for phenolic lignin end-groups by laccase
- Determination of anionic groups in wood by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
- Effects of sample preparation on NIR spectroscopic estimation of chemical properties of Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake wood
- Detection of wet-pockets on the surface of Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. by near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy
- Cellular distribution of coniferin in differentiating xylem of Chamaecyparis obtusa as revealed by Raman microscopy
- Hydrolysis of cellulose and wood powder treated with DMDHEU by a hydrolase enzyme complex, Fenton's reagent, and in a liquid culture of Trametes versicolor
- Effects of timing and intensity of thinning on wood structure and chemistry in Norway spruce
- Effects of calcium-based materials and iron impurities on wood degradation by the brown rot fungus Serpula lacrymans
- Lignin and carbohydrate variation with earlywood, latewood, and compression wood content of bent and straight ramets of a radiata pine clone
- Tensile stress relaxation of wood impregnated with different ACQ formulations at various temperatures
- Estimate of resistance-curve in wood through the double cantilever beam test
- Moisture-induced stresses and distortions in spruce cross-laminates and composite laminates
- Short Note
- Recovery of cellulose and xylan liquefied in ionic liquids by precipitation in anti-solvents
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