The main objective of this study was to determine appropriate
accelerated aging methods for exterior plywood made with Southeast
Asian hardwood face veneers. A secondary objective of this study
was to determine the durability of exterior plywood made with keruing
(12 Dipterocarpus spp.).
To reach these objectives I made plywood...
Elastic properties of plywood panels are essential for predicting
structural behavior of wood systems. The ASTM Standard D 3043-76
which evaluates the moduli of elasticity (MOE) of plywood, treats
these panels as one dimensional beams instead of two-dimensional
plates, which results in an overestimate of the MOE. Improved procedures
for...