Predicting anisotropic shringkage of softwood Part 1: Theories |
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Authors: | S. Pang |
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Affiliation: | (1) Manufacturing Technologies Portfolio, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd. (Forest Research), Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand e-mail: pang.shusheng@forestresearch.co.nz, NZ |
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Abstract: | The phenomenon of wood shrinkage by losing moisture can be analysed at four levels: molecular, ultrastructural, microstructural and macrostructural levels. To predict the shrinkage of wood cells, the model of Barber and Meylan is modified in the current work to reflect combined effects of shrinkage of the cell wall, changes of the lumen shape and effects of rays and bordered pits. Where a piece of wood contains a multi-layer of earlywood and latewood or multi-layer of normal and defect wood with variable properties, a model is proposed to relate the total, measurable shrinkage to the shrinkage of each layer. The model can be applied to a specimen with asymmetric properties through the thickness. In such a board, bow (or crook), cup and twist are often observed. The modified and proposed models involve several mechanical properties of the cell wall which are difficult to measure. These properties vary with wood types, such as earlywood, late wood, compression wood, or wood with spiral grain. However, an alternative method may be used to obtain these properties from experimentally measured shrinkage data, and this method will be presented in a subsequent paper. Received 25 January 1999 |
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