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Welcome to the Performance Engineered Composites research work unit Web site. In this site we have put together the following information concerning our research emphasis as it relates to existing and new lignocellulosic based composites.

New Innovations Using Composites

Using Composites as a Tool Toward Sustainable Forestry

Wheelchair-friendly playground and recreational trails using cost-effective wood chips
New technology allows more public parks & playgrounds to be accessible to people using mobility devices. more»
Wood-Inorganic Composites
- Assessment of cement-bonded wood composites as means of using low-valued wood for engineered applications. 1996. Ronald Wolfe and Agron E. Gjinolli. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1996/wolfe96b.pdf
- Inorganic-bonded composite wood panel systems for low-cost housing: a central American perspective. 1998. A. Ramirez-Coretti; C.A. Eckelman; R.W. Wolfe. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1998/coret98a.pdf
- Low-density cement-bonded wood composites made conventionally and with carbon dioxide injection. 1996. Robert Geimer; Mario Rabelo de Souza; Ali A. Moslemi. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1996/geime96b.pdf
- Degradation of conventional and CO₂-injected cement-bonded particleboard by exposure to fungi and termites. 1996. M.R. de Souza; R.L. Geimer; A.A. Moslemi. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1997/souza97a.pdf
- Effects of microstructural heterogeneity in cement excelsior board. 1997. Douglas C. Stahl; Steven M. Cramer; Robert L. Geimer. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1997/stahl97a.pdf
- Durability and strength of cement-bonded wood particle composites made from construction waste. 1999. Ronald W. Wolfe; Agron Gjinolli. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1999/wolfe99a.pdf
- Literature review on use of nonwood plant fibers for building materials and panels. 1994.
  John A. Youngquist; Brent E. English; Roger C. Scharmer; Poo Chow; Steven R. Shook. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr80.pdf

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