1. EFECTUL TRATAMENTULUI TERMIC ASUPRA REZISTENŢEI LA COMPRESIUNE A LEMNULUI DE PIN NEGRU ŞI MOLID - O COMPARAŢIE ÎNTRE LEMNUL PROVENIT DIN ARBORI MATURI VS. RĂRITURI.
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OLĂRESCU, Cristina Marinela, CÂMPEAN, Mihaela, and POROJAN, Mihaela
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MATERIALS compression testing , *HEAT treatment , *AUSTRIAN pine , *HIGH temperatures , *SPRUCE , *WOOD - Abstract
The paper presents the results of an experimental study performed with black pine (Pinus nigra L.) and spruce (Picea abies L.) wood, originating from mature trees and thinnings cut from the same parcel from the Stroeşti-Argeş region in Romania. After air drying and conditioning, the defect-free test boards were cut into standard 20x20x60mm samples for the compression test. The compression strength was measured and the rupture mode in compression was analyzed.Therefore, the samples were first dried to oven-dry state, then heat-treated at high temperatures (180 and 200°-C) for 1, 2, 3 and 4 hours. Sets of 10 samples from each wood species, wood assortment and treating regime were tested. The obtained results were comparatively analyzed for the two species (pine vs. spruce) and for the two wood assortments (mature wood vs, thin wood). Then they were also expressed relatively to the mass loss, considered to be the main indiactor of the degradation suffered by wood during the heat treatment. A graph was drawn for each species and assortment in order to establish the optimum treating regime, considering the correlated influence of the heat treatment conditions upon all three analyzed properties (mass loss, dimensional stability and compression strength). The results of the present research are to be valorized at the manufacturing of solid wood panels made from heat-treated lamellas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013