Longitudinal moisture-shrinkage coefficients of softwood at the mechano-sorptive creep limit

Summary An adaptor for the conversion of a high-accuracy tensile creep machine to compression loading is described. It was found that a stable mechano-sorptive creep limit could be obtained by a suitable load reduction after moisture cycling; after which further creep and creep recovery just balanced each other. In this stable state the value of the longitudinal moisture-swelling coefficient depended on the strain; being less with tensile strain and more with compressive strain then in the unloaded condition. These differences in the swelling coefficient could explain the apparent recovery during subsequent sorptions in mechanosorptive creep in bending. Such a hypothesis was strongly supported by numerical comparisons of strains in bending, tension and compression.Part of the equipment used in this project was purchased with a grant from the U.K. Science and Engineering Research Council     

Mechano-sorptive creep mechanism of wood in compression and bending

Summary A model is introduced which links the mechano-sorptive behaviour of wood subjected to moderate and high compression or bending stresses parallel to grain to the formation of slip planes in the cell wall. Slip plane formation is dependent on the breaking of hydrogen bonds, which process is directly related to the amount of moisture change. The dramatic change of microfibril orientation in slip plane zones cause an increase of the longitudinal shrinkage/swelling and a decrease of the modulus of elasticity. These features of slip plane formation account for both the magnitude and the oscillation of the excessive mechano-sorptive creep associated with compression and bending parallel to grain. A summary is given of the characteristics of the mechano-sorptive effects, and the model is discussed in the light of these effects.The paper is one of the results of a project on the influence of changing moisture content on the mechanical behavior of wood, currently underway in a co-operation between College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, and the Technical University of Denmark. Support for this project is provided by the Danish Technical Research Council and by the USDA C--operative Research Program (proj. 85-FSTY-9-0112). The support is gratefully acknowledged     

PARTICLEBOARD STRESS RELAXATION THROUGHOUT MECHANO-SORPTIVE CREEP OF GLUELINES

Anumberofinveshgationsonmethodslbrcontrollingpaticleboardstabilityhavebeenmade,andmostofthemconcentrateonstabilisingthewood.substance.MakuandSasaki(l956)foundthatswellingandtvaterabsorptionofboardsmadefromheattreatedflakesdecreasedwiththeseverityoftreatment.ThisagreeswiththeworkofLehmann(l964)whofotmdthestabilityofparticleboardtoim-provewhenmadewithparticlestreatedat2o5C"forl5,3o,45niinutes.ThemechanicaIpropertieswere,however,adverscl}'affcctedbecauscofen1brittlementofthextood.Tl1iseffecthas…     

Experimental indication of interaction between viscoelastic and mechano-sorptive creep

Summary This paper describes the study of possible interactions between the viscoelastic and mechano-sorptive creep inPinus sylvestris. When two periods of constant-moisture creep were separated by a period of mechano-sorptive creep, the expected creep rate during the second viscoelastic period was decreased. A similar effect was observed during creep recovery. These results were taken to indicate an interaction between the two types of creep, although not necessarily a common mechanism. During recovery with uniform moisture cycling, the effects of one extra low and one extra high humidity were observed. The low humidity showed no significant effect, but the high humidity significantly increased the recovery. This was attributed to a parallel effect to that of creep: namely, the creep acceleration that occurs at a higher moisture level than has previously been reached during the test.     

Effects of temperature on mechano-sorptive creep of delignified wood

The effects of temperature on mechano-sorptive (MS) creep of delignified hinoki wood (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.) were investigated using longitudinal (L) and radial (R) specimens during adsorption and desorption over the temperature range of 20°–80°C. The results were compared with those of stepwise delignified specimens tested at a constant temperature of 20°C. It was found that the effects of temperature on the MS creep of delignified specimens are more remarkable than for untreated specimens. The tendencies of increasing MS creep with temperature, delignification, and their combination were observed. The increase in MS creep for L specimens was relatively small and almost equal in both adsorption and desorption processes, while for R specimens the MS creep was small in desorption, but significantly different in adsorption. In addition, good correlation was observed between the MS coefficient (K) and instantaneous compliance (J ₀). The increase in MS creep occurs as a result of temperature increase or decrease in lignin content, or their interacting effects. However, in the case of desorption for R specimens, the increase of MS creep was unexpectedly small due to a remarkably increased J ₀. Part of this report was presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Chubu Branch of the Japan Wood Research Society in Fukui, October 2005     

Measurement of bending properties of wood by compression bending tests

We measured Young's modulus, proportional limit stress, and bending strength by the compression bending test and examined the applicability of the testing method by comparing it with conventional bending test methods. Long columns of todomatsu (Japanese fir,Abies sachalinensis Fr. Schmidt) with various length/thickness ratios were the specimens. A compressive load was axially applied to the specimen supported with pin ends. Young's modulus, the proportional limit stress, and the bending strength were obtained from the load-loading point displacement and load-strains at the outer surfaces until the occurrence of bending failure. Four-point bending tests were also conducted, and the bending properties obtained were compared with the corresponding properties obtained by the compression bending tests. Based on the experimental results, we believe that when the stress-strain relation is measured by the load-loading point displacement relation using specimens whose length/thickness ratio is large enough, the bending properties can be obtained properly using the compression bending test.     

Modelling of bending creep of low- and high-temperature-dried spruce timber

In the current project, a finite element model is developed to analyse the long-term behaviour of timber beams. The time-dependent response of wood subjected to bending and moisture changes is investigated in terms of strains and stresses. A rheological model is implemented to capture the effects of creep, mechano-sorption and hygroexpansion. The model is validated against test results from Bengtsson and Kliger (Holzforschung 57:95–100, 2003). The results of the analysis showed that the mechano-sorptive creep of low- (LT) and high-temperature-dried (HT) timber beams can be sufficiently modelled with a spring and a single Kelvin body. The different mechano-sorptive behaviour of LT- and HT-dried specimens is considered with different mechano-sorptive and shrinkage–swelling parameters. The presented model could be used to derive general mechano-sorptive parameters: (1) for better prediction of creep over the service life and (2) to provide a basis of time-dependent probabilistic calculations for structural-sized timber in serviceability limit state.     

Long term bending creep of wood in cyclic relative humidity

Summary Long term creep and recovery test results of wood under a bending load of 10 MPa stress and subjected to relative humidity cycling are presented. In spite of the vast number of humidity cycles during these tests, the results do not give evidence of an existence of a mechano-sorptive creep limit. The results also indicate that the recovery is not complete on unloading when the humidity is cycled. A mechano-sorptive model that fits the test results is proposed. According to the model, the elastic bending deflection in a cyclic load of 10—3 MPa and subjected to natural outdoor relative humidity can be about doubled to account for the creep under ten years loading.     

木材静曲蠕变成套测试系统的研发

为解决木材变湿蠕变测试普遍存在的环境参数(温湿度和风速)控制方式和控制精度不足、蠕变变形量测试灵敏度和精度不足、数据智能采集和处理以及系统安全防护不足等问题,在集成现有技术的基础上研发出一套木材蠕变测试系统.该系统包括环境气候箱、蠕变测试机架、木材蠕变变形量及干缩湿胀测试单元、荷载同时装卸单元、数据采集和处理单元、系统...     

Measurements of compression creep of wood at humidity changes

Summary Uniaxial compression creep tests of tubular spruce specimens loaded in uniaxial compression are reported. The relative humidity in the interior of the tube is varied in a controlled manner. The results indicate that creep is greatly increased in magnitude by simultaneous humidity changes of either sign.Thanks are due to Dr. John Zahn of Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, for various helpful advice, as well as for arranging the manufacture of test specimens in his laboratory. Thanks are also due to Forest Products Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, for funding a large part of this work under subcontract FP-81-0389.     

Failure criterion for timber beams loaded in bending,compression and shear

Abstract

Based on the elastic–plastic strength calculation, necessary for precise data explanation, a derivation is given of the failure criterion for combined bending, compression and shear. This exact limit state criterion should replace the unacceptable unsafe criteria of Eurocode 5 (EN 1995-1-1:2004). It is shown that the principle used thus far, of limited “flow” in axial compression as a determining failure criterion, for example, predicting no influence of a size effect, does not hold. Instead, it is derived and confirmed by the data that bending tension failure is always determining, showing the existence of a size effect, and correction of the existing calculation method is therefore necessary. Because of the primary importance of the size effect for the strengths, also for combined bending–compression, a simple derivation of the size effect design equations is given and discussed in an appendix.     

温度对重组竹短期受压蠕变性能的影响

通过对重组竹受压试件进行短期蠕变试验,研究温度对重组竹受压试件蠕变特性及蠕变规律的影响.针对不同应力水平下温度对重组竹短期受压蠕变的影响,研究了在同一应力水平7.5％下,重组竹在5种不同温度下的24 h顺纹受压蠕变性能;进一步比较了重组竹在应力水平为7.5％,15％,30％且温度分别为25,50,75℃情况下的24 h...     

Comparison of transverse compression creep of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Populus sp. in high-temperature steam environments

Compression creep experiments of Douglas-fir wood (Pseudotsuga menziesii) were performed at high temperature (150°C, 160°C, and 170°C) and under various conditions of steam pressure. The results established that environment conditions had a significant effect on compressive deformation, with the largest deformation obtained under saturated steam conditions. While the temperature significantly affected the compressive deformation of specimens under transient conditions, the temperature within the range studied had little effect on the compressive deformation in saturated steam. Furthermore, in specimens compressed under superheated and transient steam conditions, primary creep behavior was exhibited; while in specimens compressed under saturated steam conditions, creep deformation appeared to enter directly into secondary creep. Moreover, in saturated steam specimens very little creep was observed due to high initial deformation and little potential for additional cell wall buckling. The compressive creep measurements of Douglas-fir were compared with compressive creep of hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides × Populus trichocarpa). Due to lower initial density, and perhaps smaller microfiber angle and lower lignin content of tension wood, the compressive creep modulus of hybrid poplar was lower than Douglas-fir. Therefore, compressive deformation of Douglas-fir, at nearly all examined steam conditions and temperatures, was smaller than compressive deformation of hybrid poplar.     

A comparison of static bending,compression and tension parallel to grain and toughness properties of compression wood and normal wood of a giant sequoia

Summary Compression wood (CW) of the giant sequoia studied had higher values than normal wood (NW) in crushing strength and ultimate stress in tension parallel to grain, in toughness, in modulus of rupture, and in work to maximum load and total work in static bending. In the green condition CW had higher values than NW in stress at the proportional limit and work to the proportional limit, and about the same modulus of elasticity in static bending. In the dry condition CW was about equivalent to NW in work to the proportional limit, but was slightly weaker in stress at proportional limit and modulus of elasticity in static bending. The compression wood of this giant sequoia, even though formed when the tree was suppressed and having relatively narrow rings, can therefore be said to be essentially equivalent to normal wood so far as the mechanical properties tested in this study are concerned.Given at FPRS meeting in Dallas, Texas, June 1972     

Permeability and meniscus phenomenon in four Korean softwood species

1 Introduction A number of studies have been carried out to examine the process of liquid impregnation into different kinds of wood (Stamm and Raleigh, 1967; Bolton and Petty, 1978; Olsson et al., 2001). Different techniques and methods have been developed so far to obtain quanti- tative and qualitative information about this process (Stamm, 1953; Stone, 1956; Rudman, 1965). Penetra- tion of liquid in wood depends on several factors. The penetration rate and amount varies in different spec…     

Mechanistic study of microstructural deformation and stress in steam-exploded softwood

Steam explosion pretreatment results in the formation of microcracks in the cell walls of wood. In the present study, steam explosion experiments were performed and structural changes in Norway spruce were identified using scanning electron microscopy. The cellular structure of the softwood spruce was simulated using the finite element method, and the effects of pressure generated during the steam explosion pretreatment on the deformation of the cells were investigated. The simulated model included earlywood, latewood, and ray cells. The effects of bordered and cross-field pits on the stresses in the cell wall were studied as well. Many similarities were observed between the microcracks in the steam-exploded wood and the high-stress regions predicted by the model. The experimental and simulation results showed that the radial cell walls in the earlywood cells experienced major deformation. The presence of the pits created stress localization and facilitated the formation of microcracks in the cell walls.     

紫椴嫩枝扦插繁殖技术研究

为了筛选能提高紫椴生根率的扦插繁殖技术,文中研究了植物生长调节剂的不同种类(ABT1、IBA、NAA)、浓度(50、100、200 mg L-1)、浸泡时间(1、4、8 h)、基质类型(河沙、蛭石、体积比为3∶1的泥炭与珍珠岩)、母株年龄(1、2 a)对紫椴嫩枝扦插生根质量的影响情况。结果表明:植物生长调节剂的处理效果以IBA为最好,其对紫椴嫩枝的生根率、生根数量和平均根长的影响显著;嫩枝扦插,以100 mg L-1的IBA浸泡时间8 h的处理为最优组合,其生根率为63.07%;3种不同类型扦插基质的生根效果明显不同,河沙的生根效果最好,生根率最高达到37.16%,蛭石次之,泥炭土+珍珠岩(体积比为3∶1)最差。不同母株年龄对紫椴嫩枝扦插生根的影响也不同,1年生紫椴嫩枝的生根质量比2年生嫩枝好,其生根率、生根量和平均根长均明显优于后者。     

Some aspects of the rheological behaviour of wood part IV: Non-linear behaviour at high stresses in bending and compression

Summary The incidence of non-linearity with stress in the rheological behaviour of wood in bending was shown earlier to occur at an unexpectedly low stress. This has been further confirmed by the study of an additional species, alpine ash.Tests on hoop pine, one of the species previously studied in bending, have shown that in compression, non-linearity first occurs at stresses which are a much higher fraction of the ultimate stress than in bending, but in approximately the same range of actual stress. This suggests that the cause of non-linearity at such a low stress in bending lies in the fact that the compressive strength is considerably lower than the bending strength. The stress on the compression face of a beam reaches a high percentage of the ultimate compressive strength by the time the bending stress reaches the limit of proportionality in bending and the nonlinear effects in a beam are attributable mainly to stresses near the compression face.A marked effect of temperature on fractional total creep for hoop pine in compression was found even within the range 20 to 50° C, the creep increasing by a factor of about 2.5 in this range.The authors wish to thank Miss N. Ditchburne of the Division of Mathematical Statistics, C.S.I.R.O., for statistical advice and for carrying out statistical computations, and Mr. L. D. Armstrong for valuable discussion and suggestions.