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Stress model of a wood fiber in relation to collapse

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posted on 2023-05-16, 10:17 authored by Innes, TC
A wood fibre cell from a Tasmanian Eucalypt is typically cylindrical in shape with a length to diameter ratio of approximately 50:1. Early in the process of seasoning for solid timber, when the fibre lumens are still saturated, internal tension within a fibre can rise to a value high enough to cause it to physically flatten, or collapse. A stress model of a fibre cell has been developed which predicts the stress and strain distributions within the fibre wall as a function of temperature, moisture content, and fibre wall strength properties and size in the early stages of drying. This model will be used together with measurement of the behaviour of collapse prone timbers to determine conditions which will avoid collapse during seasoning. © 1995 Springer-Verlag.

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Publication title

Wood Science and Technology

Volume

29

Issue

5

Pagination

363-376

ISSN

0043-7719

Department/School

School of Engineering

Publisher

Springer-Verlag

Place of publication

Germany

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Wood, wood products and paper not elsewhere classified

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