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  • Sustainable bio-composites for west coast highways

    Creator:
    Karas, Michael
    Abstract:
    Wildfire prevention operations like forest thinning and forest fuel removal result in large volumes of woody biomass available for utilization. In 2007 alone, the US federal government spent nearly $2 billion to fight forest fires on federal lands. Annually, the USDA Forest Service spends $1 billion to thin young trees...
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    Masters Thesis
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    partial substitution of currently used materials with sustainable alternatives containing woody biomass

  • Sustainable bio-composites for highway infrastructure: Feasibility of material substitution in existing products

    Creator:
    Karas, Michael and Muszynski, Lech
    Abstract:
    The U.S, Forest Service regularly removes tons of dead biomass from federal forestlands to control and prevent devastating wildfires. Every year thinning young trees and brush, as well as removing dead biomass from the forest floor generates large quantities of low-grade woody material for which there is little use. Currently...
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    Article
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    infrastructure; Sustainable materials; Woody biomass; Forest fuel; Urban waste Contact information