Engineered Properties and Structures
FS-FPL-4714
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Assessing Wood Quality for Structural Use
Speaker: David E. Kretschmann
Project Name: Engineering Properties of Wood
Project Objectives:
Develop methods for detecting changes in existing resources mechanical properties.
Develop property information for underutilized species. Investigate the
effect of juvenile wood on properties of softwood and hardwood in composites.
Examine the impact of fertilization and other silvicultural management
practices on wood properties.
Users:
Wood Product producers, manufacturers, and consumers
Tangible Benefits:
Wood quality directly impacts the performance of solid sawn and wood based
composite lumber. With better information about wood quality's impact
better decision can be made about thinning of small diameter material
and selection of future seed stock. Also, improved understanding of early
wood and latewood interaction on longitudinal shrinkage will assist in
better grading of decking materials.
Funding:
State and Federal funding, industrial support
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