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Wood properties and use of sensor technology to improve optimal bucking and value recovery of Douglas-fir

Creator:: Acuna, Mauricio A.
Abstract:: There are a number of wood properties which affect the quality of forest products such as lumber and pulp. Of these, wood density is considered by some to be the single most important physical characteristic because it is an excellent predictor of strength, stiffness, hardness, and paper-making capacities. Accurately assessing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Optimal Bucking and Value Recovery of Douglas-fir. Abstract approved: Glen E. Murphy

Managing woody biomass transportation for improved biomass economics

Creator:: Han, Sang-Kyun
Abstract:: With rising fuel costs and enhanced environmental concerns, the use of renewable energy has been steadily considered and widely expounded as a solution to the challenges of global energy security and climate change. The use of woody biomass, in particular, has received considerable attention for energy production due to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Economics Abstract approved: Glen E. Murphy With rising fuel costs and enhanced

In-forest log segregation based on acoustic measurement of wood stiffness

Creator:: Amishev, Dzhamal Y.
Abstract:: To remain competitive, the forest products industry needs to look for new and innovative processes and technologies to not only reduce costs but also to recover more value through the entire seedling-to-customer forest products supply chain. It is well recognized that measuring wood properties of logs in real time during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________________________ Glen E. Murphy To remain competitive, the forest products industry needs to look for new

An investigation of factors affecting the optimal output log distribution from mechanical harvesting and processing systems

Creator:: Marshall, Hamish Douglas
Abstract:: Globally the forest harvesting industry is becoming increasingly mechanized. Driving this trend is the desire to increase productivity and reduce cost, as well as to improve labor-related issues. With mechanization comes an in-forest platform for the introduction of state-of-the-art communication and measurement technologies, and powerful on-board computers. These systems have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________ Glen E. Murphy Globally the forest harvesting industry is becoming increasingly mechanized

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

Creator:: Clark, Joshua Andrew
Abstract:: The importance of accurately identifying inventories of domestic energy, including forest biomass, has increasingly become a priority of the US government and its citizens as the cost of fossil fuels has risen. It is useful to identify which of these resources can be processed and transported at the lowest cost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Multiple Forest Types and Various Atmospheric Conditions Abstract approved: Glen E. Murphy

An economic analysis of final log manufacturing locations in the steep terrain radiata pine plantations of New Zealand

Creator:: Murphy, Glen E.
Abstract:: Over the next quarter century there will be about an eight-fold increase in the volume of wood harvested annually from New Zealand's steep terrain radiata pine plantations. With the move to steeper terrain it is expected that there will be a trend towards considerably smaller landings. With smaller landings final...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Economic optimization of forest biomass processing and transport

Creator:: Zamora Cristales, René Arturo
Abstract:: An economic analysis and optimization of forest biomass processing and transportation at the operational level is presented. Renewable sources of energy have captured the interest of public and private institutions to develop cost-effective supply chains to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The production of energy from forest harvest residues constitutes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Boston, Dr. Glen Murphy and Dr. Jeff Morrell. I really appreciate the time you dedicated providing me

A decision framework for the implementation of appropriate logging practices in developing countries : case study -- Ethiopia

Creator:: Spong, Ben
Abstract:: In many areas of the developing world, the continued overexploiting forest resources has the potential to have significant detrimental impacts be placed on sustainable forest management (SFM) can help communities and organizations responsibly manage and utilize the remaining forests over the long term. Ethiopia’s forest lands provide tangible benefits from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members – Dr. Badege Bishaw, Dr. Jon Kimmerling, Dr. Glen Murphy, and Dr. K. Norm Johnson for their

An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

Creator:: Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-
Abstract:: Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dr. Eric Hansen, Dr. Doug Maguire, and Dr. Glen Murphy provided crucial input and guidance which is

Belowground carbon storage and soil organic matter quality following fertilizer and herbicide applications in ponderosa pine plantations along a site-quality gradient in northern California

Creator:: McFarlane, Karis J., 1979-
Abstract:: Belowground carbon (C) storage and quality of soil organic matter (SOM) in forest soils have implications for sustainable forest management and C sequestration, but how these pools change in response to management is poorly understood. I investigated whether fertilization and competing vegetation control, applied alone or in combination early in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: offered sound advice and switched roles within my committee with grace. Glen Murphy went along for the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Wood properties and use of sensor technology to improve optimal bucking and value recovery of Douglas-fir

Managing woody biomass transportation for improved biomass economics

In-forest log segregation based on acoustic measurement of wood stiffness

An investigation of factors affecting the optimal output log distribution from mechanical harvesting and processing systems

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

An economic analysis of final log manufacturing locations in the steep terrain radiata pine plantations of New Zealand

Economic optimization of forest biomass processing and transport

A decision framework for the implementation of appropriate logging practices in developing countries : case study -- Ethiopia

An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

Belowground carbon storage and soil organic matter quality following fertilizer and herbicide applications in ponderosa pine plantations along a site-quality gradient in northern California

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