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  • Durability Assessment of Wood Composites Using Fracture Mechanics

    Creator:
    Mirzaei, Babak
    Abstract:
    The advent of synthetic adhesives has transformed the structural applications of wood. However, a persistent issue in adhesively-bonded wood products has been moisture durability. When designing wood based composites, moisture durability will depend on both the wood phase and the adhesive phase. A key question, therefore, is how does one...
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    ® and Georgia Pacific Chemicals® for donating materials to this project. Dr. Fred Kamke, Dr. Jamie

  • Further Development of MPM and its Applications in Modeling Wood-Adhesive Bonds

    Creator:
    Hammerquist, Chad C.
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    This work is a culmination of a series of published works related to the use of the Material Point Method (MPM) in modeling wood adhesive bonds. The use of wood as construction material has the potential to play a small role in the solution to the current CO2 and climate...
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    measurements. Journal of Materials Research, 23(4):1113–1127, 2008. [5] Frederick A Kamke, Paige Elizabeth

  • The effect of elevated temperature on mechanical behavior of structural wood and wood-based composites

    Creator:
    Sinha, Arijit
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    Engineers, in practice, are often faced with the challenge of evaluating a fire-damaged structure and developing a rehabilitation and retrofit plan. In order to decide on a rehabilitation and retrofit plan, information on thermal degradation of building materials and connections are vital. A critical knowledge gap exists in terms of...
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    unflappable optimism. Dr. Fred Kamke and Dr. John Simonsen – for their support, encouragement and

  • Measuring innovativeness in the North American softwood sawmilling industry

    Creator:
    Knowles, Christopher David
    Abstract:
    Innovativeness, or the propensity of a firm to create and/or adopt new products, process and business systems, has been measured using several methods in previous research. Examples of theses methods include current technology, self-evaluation, research and development funding, the number of new products, and intellectual property. In addition to the...
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  • Resilient Design for Complex Engineered Systems in the Early Design Phase

    Creator:
    Keshavarzi, Elham
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    There are many uncertainties that complex engineered systems will face throughout their lifecycles due to changes in internal and external conditions. It is desirable for complex engineered systems to be resilient against various uncertainties. The ability to overcome such uncertainties should be embedded into the system from the beginning. However,...
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