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A Comparison of Hardboards Manufactured By Semidry-, Dry-, and Wet-Formed Processes
The semidry-formed process was investigated as a possible alternative to the wet- and dry-forming processes of manufacturing hardboards. The objective was to improve performance and/or reduce the amount of resin […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A Comprehensive Method of Analysis of Case Furniture
Finite element methods of analysis were used to investigate the deflection characteristics of furniture cases. Results of the analyses indicated that the deflection of shelves is identical to that of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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A Conventional House Challenges Simulated Forces of Nature
The structural performance of a full-scale conventional house is not well understood. Past work has generally been limited to the assessment of parts and pieces, but little testing has been […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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A Forest Sampling Method for Wood Strength
Estimates of average and near-minimum mechanical property values of clear straight-grained wood are essential in the development of engineering properties for structural use. To make safe and efficient use of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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A Hand Instrument for Evaluating Wood By Compression
A lightweight, hand instrument is described that can be used in the woods or mill to preselect material of high fiber strength so that such timbers can be earmarked for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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A Hydraulic Test Facility for Timber Structures
A new structural test unit at Purdue University consists of a structural floor slab, steel holding brackets, and a hydraulic system for applying load forces to full-scale specimens. Wall reactions […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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A Lignin Adhesive System for Flakeboard Production
A new renewable adhesive system based on pulpmill effluent is described for flakeboard production. The system involves base activation of wood flake surfaces with 3N sodium hydroxide, followed by application […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A Look At Degradation in Particleboards for Exterior Use
This discussion is divided into three parts: 1) A discussion of the properties that exterior particleboard must have for various uses, based on the supposition that the uses are divided […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |
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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 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 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 mill study of the quality, yield, and mechanical properties of plywood produced from fast-grown loblolly pine
Due to the increasing demand for wood fiber as well as the desire to produce fiber using shorter rotation ages (30 to 35 years) efforts have been made to greatly […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1987 |
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A New Approach to the Determination of Fiber Saturation Point from Mechanical Tests
Estimation of fiber saturation point by mechanical testing involves plotting modulus of rupture or modulus of elasticity values against moisture content. As moisture content increases from zero percent, the modulus […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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A New Method for Studying the Elastic Behavior of Wood
The “second area moment proposition” was used to determine the modulus of elasticity of wood at various angles to the grain. The second area moment proposition is defined as “The […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1948 |
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A Non-Hygroscopic Fire Retardant Treatment for Wood
Treatment of wood with aqueous solutions of dicyandiamide and phosphoric acid (D:P) imparts a degree of fire retardance equal to that provided by the best of the current formulations. Unlike […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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A Nondestructive Test for Stiffness of Structural Lumber
The inefficiency of visual grading methods results in much stress-graded lumber being rated below its true capabilities. A case is made for the need for development of a continuous, nondestructive […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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A Rapid, Continuous Method of Testing Glued End Joints
A nondestructive testing procedure and a simple machine for rapidly proof-loading lumber products is the subject of this report. Developed particularly to insure the bending strength of end-jointed lumber, the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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A Realistic and Continuous Wood Column Formula
Strength tests were conducted on hundreds of full-size wood studs and small columns to develop a more definite relation between compressive stress and slenderness ratio. These experiments, together with a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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A Review of FPL Studies on Stressed-Skin and Sandwich Units
Thirty years of research on experimental structural units are reviewed, and additional data to be published in Research Paper FPL-12 is previewed. Glued-laminated arches and beams exposed for 12 years […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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A Sampling Procedure for Estimating Selected Physical Properties of Wood in a Forest
A sampling plan was developed for economically determining strength and related properties of wood at any desired level of precision. These properties were measured, according to the plan, for 40 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |
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A Search for Nondestructive Acid Catalysts for Wood Bonding
Acid catalysts for bonding exterior grade wood products would allow use of several potential new adhesives and would increase cure speeds for phenolic adhesives. The problem is that the acid […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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A Simple Method for Selecting Balsa (Ochroma Lagopus Sw) of High Tensile Strength
Balsa has a unique combination, of low specific gravity and high strength parallel to the grain which makes it extremely useful as core material in aircraft. Due to a large […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1949 |
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A Status Report . . . Nondestructive Testing in Wood
Nondestructive testing of wood has developed recently as a distinct area of study. In nondestructive testing, material is examined to assess its discontinuities and properties without impairment of the use […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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A Structural Design Manual for Furniture
The author outlines possible topics that could be included in a “structural design manual for furniture” and suggests that such a manual could: 1) Serve as a single source document […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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A Vibrational Approach to Nondestructive Testing of Structural Timber
Methods used to predict the mechanical properties of construction lumber using vibration parameters are described. The primary objective of this research was to determine, using both forced and free vibrations, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |