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Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processing of Wood
About this book
Wood, as a material, offers several unique advantages: widespread availability, natural renewability, favorable ecological assessment, and flexibility of implementation. Moreover, the polymeric components of wood, together with its porous structure, confer upon it a faculty for transformation exceeding that of other materials.One of the emerging eco-friendly treatment methods is the combined use of temperature, moisture and mechanical action – the so-called thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) and thermo-hydro (TH) treatments. THM processing is implemented to improve the intrinsic properties of wood, to produce new kinds of materials, and to acquire a form and functionality desired by engi- neers without changing the eco-friendly nature of the material. In this book, the authors bring together the key elements of the chemical degradation of wood constituents under TH and THM processing; a description of the behavior of wood under these conditions; as well as a selection of the principal technologies that can be considered TH/THM treatments.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Wood Modification
- 2 Ancient uses of thermo-hydro-mechanical processes
- 3 The structure and composition of wood
- 4 Elasto-viscoplasticity of wood
- 5 Influence of the THM processing parameters on the mechanical and chemical degradation of wood
- 6 Wood densification and fixation of the compression-set by THM-treatment
- 7 Wood welding
- 8 Surface densification
- 9 Heat treatment
- 10 Wood Bending
- 11 Reconstituted wood
- Index