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A Look At Forest Products Research in Peace and War
Research in forest products can be classified under four broad headings, solid wood, modified wood, fiber products, and chemical conversion and chemical constitutents. Research accomplishments include improvements in joints and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
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A Look At the Forest Industries for the Next 25 Years
Population and pollution pressures on the earth’s limited resources over the next 25 years will necessitate greater utilization efficiency of raw materials and energy. The forest products industry may be […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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A Look At the Industrialized Housing Market and the Adhesives Used
A literature search and survey were undertaken to determine characteristics of the Industrialized Housing Industry with emphasis on the types of adhesives used. Production of Industrialized Housing often referred to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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A Look At Wood Engineering Since 1957
This review of literature on engineering design for wood products lists 215 publications. Commentary briefly abstracts and relates the literature under headings of Working Stresses, Fastenings, Consideration of the Environment, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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A Look At World Wood
The United States has a greater surplus of forest growth over-cut and mortality than any other nation, yet imports 23 percent of the world’s total while exporting 10 percent. Imports […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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A Low Cost Way to Recover Logging Residues
Integration of a residue harvesting component into a traditional harvest system can offer a reasonable alternative to whole-tree chipping of existing natural stands in supplying wood to energy conversion facilities. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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A low-cost program to improve log truck weight control
Truck weights are a focal point in log hauling. Loggers are penalized by the state, and sometimes by the receiving mill, for overweight loads. But excessively underweight loads lose revenue […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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A market assessment of the potential for OSB products in the North American office furniture and door manufacturing industries
In late 2000, a fax survey was sent to 1,867 manufacturers of wood office furniture and doors in an attempt to gauge the market potential for oriented strandboard (OSB) products […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2003 |
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A Market Niche for Wooden Pallet Bins
As part of a corporate strategic planning process, 333 fruit and vegetable processors were surveyed concerning their use of wooden pallet bins. A total of 150 processors responded to the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A Marketing Information System for the Wood Products Manufacturer
When production capacities and operating costs are essentially fixed in the short term, revenue maximization is an appropriate marketing objective. Opportunities for such maximization arise from the alternatives available in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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A marketing strategy comparison: Finland, western United States, and British Columbia
Fixed-format interviews with 102 of the largest softwood sawmills in Finland, the western coastal and inland regions of the United States, and the coastal and inland timber regions of British […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1995 |
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A measure of geographic concentration in Spains wood-based industry
The reasons why industries could want to concentrate geographically may stem from different sources such as the existence of natural advantages in a certain location, as well as from labor, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2008 |
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A mechanical evaluation of Alaska white spruce
The mechanical properties of Alaska white spruce were tested and the results are reported and compared to similar results for spruce harvested from the contiguous United States. The reported mechanical […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1995 |
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A mechanical evaluation of Alaska-grown hemlock
The results of a limited program of small, clear testing on an available sample of Alaska-grown hemlock are reported. Performed at the Ketchikan Wood Technology Center in conjunction with a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2008 |
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A mesh technique useful in finite element modeling of wood structural systems
In a recently completed study by the authors, a finite element model to predict the load-deformation behavior of a bolted joint in wood subjected to combined bending and tension (bending/tension) […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1993 |
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A method enabling the reconstruction of internal features of logs from sawn lumber: The log end template
Knowledge of the internal characteristics of logs enables the optimization of sawn recoveries. This has led to the development of various nondestructive and destructive methods for characterizing interior log features. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2003 |
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A method for determining the cost of manufacturing individual logs into lumber
A method is proposed for determining sawmill variable costs for individual logs and computing total fixed costs of manufacturing lumber. The methodology is based on standard accounting practices and the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1993 |
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A Method for Determining the Dry Weight of Pulpwood
The accuracy of the determination, of the dry weight of pulpwood when different measurement methods, are used, is considered. The solid volume method gives a coefficient of variation of 4 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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A Method for Determining the Elastic Constants of Wood By Means of Electric Resistance Strain Gages
The use of electric resistance strain gages on wood for determination of elastic constants is explained. A method for finding moduli of rigidity from a compression test at an angle […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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A Method for Dimensional Stabilization of Wood and Veneer
Initial work indicated that a monoester of polyethylene glycol dicarboxylic acid stabilized the dimension of paper when the sheet was thoroughly impregnated with a water solution. Further study revealed a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
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A method for estimating juvenile wood content in boards
A method has been developed to estimate the amount of juvenile wood in the sawn board. A BASIC program based on this method has been developed that employs two user […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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A Method for Estimating the Multi-Product Value of Hardwood Timber Stands
Methodology for appraising the multi-product value of hardwood timber stands is presented. Any valid sampling system and set of log grading rules may be used when applying this method. Field […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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A method for measuring wear in veneer chipper and waferizing knives
A method has recently been developed to measure wear at the cutting edge of chipper and waferizing knives. Wear at the cutting edge affects the yield and quality of the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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A method for observing the formation of honeycomb in oak
By cutting a cross-sectional sample from a green 8/4 oak board and sealing it between plate glass, the method described permits observation of the changes that occur inside a board […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1991 |
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A method for optimizing lumber sorting before kiln-drying
Drying lumber can be quite challenging when uniformity and consistency are required. Over-drying and under-drying are common causes for lower grade recovery and dimensional stability problems. It is known that […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2009 |