This report is one of a series issued in cooperation with the Army-Navy-Civil Committee on aircraft design criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board. Information reviewed and reaffirmed March 1956 and 1962. Original report issued November 1946.
The objective of this research project was to increase the density, strength, and stiffness of two low to medium-density diffuse-porous hardwood species. Wood used in this study was processed using a method of wood densification known as “Viscoelastic Thermal Compression” (VTC). The VTC process is a three phase treatment which...