THE EFFECT OF DRYING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS ON CASE HARDENING OF SCOTS PINE AND NORWAY SPRUCE TIMBER

Case hardening is a feature of dried wood that causes the wood to deform (cup) after re-sawing and equalising the moisture content. VTT has analysed case hardening with the aid of the simulation model PEO and with experimental drying, conditioning and storage tests. Case hardening cannot be predicte...

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Main Authors: V Tarvainen, A Ranta-Maunus, A Hanhijärvi, H Forsén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Bío-Bío 2006-01-01
Series:Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2006000100001