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  • Moisture Resistance of Wood-Based Composite Materials

    Creator:
    Molina, Luis
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    Dimensional stability of wood-based composites with changing moisture content remains an important challenge in the industry for many applications. Wood modification technologies have shown significant improvement in dimensional stability by altering the chemistry of the wood substrate, or by filling the available space in the wood microstructure that otherwise would...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    exposure type on thickness swelling (TS), linear expansion (LE), irreversible thickness swell

  • Characterization of Grape Cane Fibers as a Composite Reinforcement

    Creator:
    A. Bakar, Balkis F.
    Abstract:
    Using plant fibers as a potential renewable material to substitute for glass fibers in fiber-reinforced polymer composites has been growing since the late 1990s. Due to high demand, there has been a shift towards ‘green concept’ material in many applications. Numerous secondary plant fibers have been explored as a source...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Analysis of adhesive atomization on composite bond performance

    Creator:
    Willard, Dylan T.
    Abstract:
    Spraying of liquid adhesive onto wood surfaces has shown to be a highly effective and efficient method of application across many different wood-based composite industries. However, the dynamics of spraying are extremely variable and distribution can be affected by liquid properties (rheology, molecular weight distribution, and temperature), application parameters (disk...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Leavengood, John Simonsen, Laurence Schimleck, Jessica King, and Angela Haney Finally, I would like to