Advances in Wood Composites

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; Abaqus; acetic anhydride; activation volume; adhesive penetration; alder plywood; aquacultural; bamboo; bending strength; biorefinery lignin; buckling; carbothermal reduction; cellulose; ceramic; chemical modification; chemical structure; coating amount; color; composite; creep behavior; crystallinity; dimensional stability; dynamic thermodynamic; finite element analysis; formaldehyde emissions; graphene nano-platelets; HDPE; high-density polyethylene film; hydrophobicity; mechanical and physical properties; mechanical properties; mechanical property; methyl methacrylate; modulus of elasticity in bending; n/a; nanocompounds; nanowollastonite; oak (Quercus alba L.); oriented strand lumber (OSL); particleboard properties; plastic; polymer-triticale boards; polyurethane-acrylate; rapid formaldehyde release; sepiolite; shear strength; silicon carbide; sol-gel process; Southwell's method; stepped isostress method; straw; structural analysis; surface properties; sustainable adhesives; thermal modification; thermal property; thermoplastic polymers; thickness swelling; tunnel-structured; UF resin; VOCs; water absorption; water-based UV curing coating; wood; wood adhesive; wood panels; wood plastic composite; wood-inorganic composites; WPC
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039285846; 9783039285853; books978-3-03928-585-3
• Access: Open Access

Wood composites have shown very good performance, and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. Selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, whether this is by design, by preservative treatment or by wood modification techniques. This Special Issue, Advances in Wood Composites presents recent progress in enhancing and refining the performance and properties of wood composites by chemical and thermal modification and the application of smart nanomaterials, which have made them a particular area of interest for researchers. In addition, it reviews some important aspects in the field of wood composites, with particular focus on their materials, applications, and engineering and scientific advances, including solutions inspired biomimetrically by the structure of wood and wood composites. This Special Issue, with a collection of 13 original contributions, provides selected examples of recent Advances in Wood Composites