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Ultimate Strength of Structural Particleboard Diaphragms
Ten 16- by 48-foot wood-framed diaphragms sheathed with waferboard or particleboard were tested by means of lateral loading. The objective of these tests was to evaluate effects of sheathing-panel thickness, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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Unusual Design in Falsework Transmits Internal Forces By Use of Friction
Quick assembly and dismantling are features of an unusual design for timber falsework used in the construction of concrete-arch bridges. The falsework described in this article uses a single grade […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Urethane Bonded Particleboard
Formaldehyde emissions from wood products which utilize a urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin have become a public concern. This paper reviews the various alternatives to UF adhesives tor particleboard. Many of these […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1982 |
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Use of Short-Retention-Time Blender with Large-Flake Furnishes
Most structural flakeboards have been produced using a powdered phenolic resin. However, it has been difficult to apply more than two to three percent of this powdered resin, since higher […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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Utilization in Norway–Bark in Hardboard
Though some bark is employed in the production of fiberboard in Norway, the amount used is but a small fraction of the total bark available. In attempting to determine possible […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Utilization of Red Oak Press-Lam as Upholstered Furniture Frame Stock
The machining and mechanical properties of Press-Lam manufactured from red oak were evaluated in order to determine its suitability for upholstered furniture frame stock. Although Press-Lam tends to splinter slightly […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1979 |
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Utilization of White Fir Bark in Particleboard
The suitability of white fir bark for making particleboard was evaluated. The white fir bark in this investigation contained around 10.5 percent of formaldehyde reacting polyphenolics. When 2 percent of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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Utliization of White Fir Bark and Its Extract in Particleboard
The suitability of white fir bark extract as a bonding agent for particleboard and the use of the bark as core furnish in a three-layer particleboard were evaluated. When paraformaldehyde […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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Vacuum Loading Technique Increases Accuracy of Pallet Testing
A method for testing pallets involving load applied by means of a vacuum rather than by air bags or dead weights is described. The method is indicated to be both […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1977 |
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Variation in selected properties of industrial grade particleboard
Information about the variability of physical and mechanical properties of industrial grade particle-board is seldom made available. In this study, 3/8-inch particleboard was obtained for evaluation from seven different sources […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1994 |
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Variation of Wood Properties in Southern Red Oak
A study of six southern red oak (Quercus falcata) trees showed that various properties of the wood form definite patterns during the development of the tree. Contour diagrams of the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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Vibration, Static Strength, and Elastic Properties of Clear Douglas-Fir At Various Levels of Moisture Content
Longitudinal vibration characteristics of small, clear Douglas-fir beams at several moisture levels were compared with static strength and elastic properties of the same material. Both static modulus of rupture and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Void Volume Wood: An Any Tree-Whole Tree Concept
Complex stand heterogeneity of wet-evergreen tropical forests, with 40-80 percent of the volume in timber with air-dry densities over 0.8 g per cc, demands other than conventional approaches in forest […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Waferboard Press Closing Strategies
During pressing of aspen waferboard, the wood wafers are compressed to an average density 1.75 times as great as the original wood density. The pressures required to accomplish this densification […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1982 |
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Wet Process Hardboards from Aspen Sapwood and Discolored Heartwood
Laboratory wet process hardboards were made from aspen sapwood and discolored heartwood refiner groundwood pulps at three freeness levels. Discolored heartwood in the solid wood form showed a higher moisture […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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Withdrawal Strength of Dowel Joints: Effect of Shear Strength
Tests were carried out to evaluate the relationship between the withdrawal strength of dowels from the side grain of wood and the shear strengths parallel to the grain. Specimens constructed […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1979 |
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Withdrawal Strength of Dowels from Wood Composites
Wood dowels are commonly used to join particleboard, medium- density fiberboard, and other wood composites together in many types of furniture construction yet little information is available concerning their holding […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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Wood Aluminum Beams Within and Beyond the Elastic Range
Mathematical analyses were developed in this paper and using these methods proportional limit strength predictions can be made with reasonable accuracy for aluminum-wood core beams. They are more accurate for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Wood Column Design with Variable Parameters Using Computers and Plotters
A computer program, properly implemented for accuracy and flexibility, can provide preciseness with considerable saving in time. A simple punchcard program has been prepared to solve an elementary column problem […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1977 |
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Wood Construction Saved Lives in Alaska Quake–Survey By APA & FPL Engineers
Earthquakes of similar intensity occurred in 1963 in Skopje, Yugoslavia, and in 1964 in Anchorage, Alaska. Skopje has a population of 200,000 and Anchorage a trading area population of 102,000. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Wood Engineering Review
The article briefly reviews the contents of 104 papers published during 1965 and 1966. The major fields of coverage include: working stresses and nondestructive testing, joints and fastenings, glued laminated […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |
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Wood Engineering Review
This review of the progress in the practical and more academic aspects of wood engineering covers the period of January 1967 through December 1968. Information is drawn from more than […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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Wood Engineering Review-1969
A review of the literature for the calendar year 1969 in the field of wood engineering is covered. A total of 366 references, foreign as well as American, are listed […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Wood in Transverse Compression: Influence of Some Anatomical Variables and Density on Behavior
Douglas-fir, western redcedar, sugar pine, white oak, chestnut, white elm, yellow birch, beech, and black willow at moisture contents of 4 to 5.5 percent were tested in transverse compression to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Wood Laminating Comes of Age
The development of new and improved glues has been important for the growth of the laminating industry. Important improvements have been made in the resistance of glue bonds to water, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1954 |