mohammad ghofrani; Anooshe Fazeli
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This study was carried out to investigate the effect of two nominal density levels of 800 kg/m3 and 1100 kg/m3 and two levels of industrial wood to cement ratios of 25:75 and 35:65 on mechanical and physical properties of wood cement composites. Boards were produced and then observed density of boards ...
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This study was carried out to investigate the effect of two nominal density levels of 800 kg/m3 and 1100 kg/m3 and two levels of industrial wood to cement ratios of 25:75 and 35:65 on mechanical and physical properties of wood cement composites. Boards were produced and then observed density of boards were calculated. The experimental boards were subjected to modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture tests in accordance with EN 310. Internal bonding was evaluated according to EN 319. Water absorption and thickness swelling were evaluated after 2 and 24 hours immersion in water according to EN 317. Fire resistance was evaluated according to ISO 11925. Results indicated that bending properties of the boards, including modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture, and internal bonding all increased with increase in density. That was attributed to the high compression and improved connection between fiber and cement matrix. Modulus of elasticity increased significantly as cement content was raised. Modulus of rupture values were inversely related to cement content. Increasing wood to cement ratio led to low internal bonding because the low amount of cement can be insufficient to cover the wood particles for effective bonding to resist the tensile forces applied during internal bonding test. As the board density increased, dimensional stability increased. Variations in the wood to cement ratio have been reported to significantly affect the dimensional stability of specimens. Water absorption and thickness swelling increased with the increase in wood to cement ratio. Fire resistance of specimens improved when the board density and cement content increased. All of the mechanical properties of boards produced in this study satisfied the EN 634-2 requirements.
Composite wood products
Abolfazl Kargarfard; Abdolrahman Hosseinzadeh; Kazem Doosthosseini; Ahmad Jahan latibari; Amir Nourbakhsh
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In this investigation, experimental boards were produced using beech wood particle, mat moisture content gradient at 0,3 and 6%, two press temperature sat 165and 1850 C and two press times at 3 and 5 minutes. 36 sample boards produced and the physical and mechanical properties of those tested.The results ...
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In this investigation, experimental boards were produced using beech wood particle, mat moisture content gradient at 0,3 and 6%, two press temperature sat 165and 1850 C and two press times at 3 and 5 minutes. 36 sample boards produced and the physical and mechanical properties of those tested.The results indicated that mat moisture content gradient had significantly effected on modified of modulus of elasticity of boards, and with increasing mat moisture content gradient, the MOE of boards increased. Also in 0% mat moisture content gradient, increasing of press time, modulus of rupture and modulus of elasticity decreased. However with increasing mat moisture content gradient, increasing of press time caused of these properties modified.On the other hand an inverse relationship observed between mat moisture content gradient and internal bond of boards that due to of negative effect of increasing of vapor pressure were on resin bond quality in middle layer. But with increasing press time from 3 to 5 minutes, the internal bond of boards increased. The results of thickness swelling measurement indicated that with increasing mat moisture content gradient, the thickness swelling of boards increased. However, when press time increased, the thickness swelling of boards decreased.
