The positive relationship between wood density and mechanical properties drives interest in compression techniques. A significant challenge in this practice is the tendency of compressed wood to revert to its …
The elusive wood-water relations have been studied for over a century and are among the most researched topics in wood material science. Wood-water relations originate from the polar hydroxyl groups …
Birch plywood is an excellent structural material due to its high strength and relatively low weight. However, investigating the compressive properties, especially in the grain direction, can be a challenging …
Stress Laminated Timber (SLT) is a construction system created by compressing multiple layers of timber together with steel tendons. The stress part in the name implies that stress or pressure …
Surface densification has the potential to greatly increase the hardness of the outer parts of wood material, and thereby also increase the value of low-density species such as Scots pine …
In the past, many efforts have been made to improve the mechanical properties of low-density wood species through densification, i.e., the transverse compression of wood. Although densified wood products have …
