• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.16-23
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• 1998

This paper examines the effects of specimen length and grade on the strength and stiffness properties of structural timber of radiata pine. The tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of 1,902 machine-graded boards with 3.15- and 1.62-m clear span lengths, were determined using a horizontal tension test machine. The mean failure and characteristic stress values for tensile strength show an extremely high dependency on test specimen length. The mean and characteristic values of both modulus of elasticity and tensile strength show significant dependency on machine stress grades.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.30-37
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• 1999

The effects of heat treatment on the dimensional stability and bending properties of radiata pine sapwood were investigated. The dimensional stability was almost achieved by heat treatment though the loss of strength was accompanied as a negative effect. The improvement in dimensional stability of wood and the resultant reduction in bending properties were closely related to treatment temperature and duration. The optimum treatment conditions, which could be used to achieve a desired improvement in dimensional stability with resultant losses in modulus of rupture were proposed based on the results obtained in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1996

This study was performed to investigate the feasibility of using sonic stress-wave technique in the longitudinal direction for the assessment of incipient decay of radiata pine wood. Decayed bending specimens by Tyromyces palustris and Gloeophyllum trabeum for varoious periods were tested nondestructively using stress-wave technique in the longitudinal direction and destructively. Decay detection, quantitative assessment of decay, and the prediction of residual strength of decayed wood with less than five percent weight loss can be feasible using stress-wave parameters (wave velocity, wave impedance, stress-wave elasticity) measured by stress-wave technique in the longitudinal direction and their percent reduction due to decay.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 1998

Alkali-soluble extracts were prepared from medium-sized barks of Radiata pine(Pinus radiata). There are difficulties in the production of extracts with uniform quality and in the preparation of adhesives with suitable viscosity. Ultrafiltration using an Amicon cell was subjected to fractionate extracts according to molecular sizes in order to overcome the above problem. The filtration efficiency was studied by using thin channel filtration systems. Adhesive manufacturing was also examined. Removal of particles greater than 0.45m from the extracts increased both filtration speed (flux) and yields of solids in the filtrates. Ultrafiltration with PM 10 membrane was very effective to fractionate and concentrate the extracts. Stiasny precipitates from the filtrates obtained by PM 10 membrane were very lower than that(83%) of the retentates. This ultrafiltration method was efficient for obtaining high yield purified phenolic compounds(mainly polyflavanoids) and thus important for preparing wood adhesives from barks. The extracts were shown excessive high viscosities at the concentrations required for adhesive formulation, but this high viscosity and short gelation time was reduced by lowering pH of the extracts and addition of urea. The highest bonding strength of plywoods(340g/$m^2$ of adhesive spreads) was achieved with adhesive formulated by 100parts of mixed alkali extracts and urea(70/30,w/w), 10parts of p-formaldehyde and 3.5parts of wheat flour at pH 6, and by hot pressing at the conditions of 12kg/$cm^2$ at $120^{\circ}C$ for 10 minutes.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.691-699
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• 2014

용융점이 $138^{\circ}C$인 Bi-Sn 혼합합금 주입방법을 이용한 용융합금주입목재복합체의 제조를 통해 목재의 단점인 치수 안정성과 내구성의 개선을 하고자 3가지 주요 침 활엽수 수종의 수종별 최적주입조건을 구명하고, 주입에 따른 금속주입목재복합체의 중량증가율, 열전도도, 전기저항 등의 물리적 성질과 기계적 성질을 실험하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 금속주입목재의 최적처리 조건은 $185^{\circ}C$, 진공시간 10분 조건하에서 radiata pine의 경우 $10kgf/cm^2$ 가압시간 2분 30초, red oak는 $30kgf/cm^2$, 가압시간 10분, white oak는 $50kgf/cm^2$, 가압시간 10분에서 최적의 주입조건을 나타냈다. 2. 금속주입목재복합체의 외관적 특징은 전체적으로 재색은 회백색을 나타냈으며, 목재의 무늬를 그대로 유지하고 있다. 3. 침엽수 수종인 radiata pine은 저온용융합금주입처리로 인해 중량증가율은 12배, 밀도는 $6.13g/cm^3$으로 15배나 증가하였으나, 인테리어용으로 주로 사용되는 red oak와 white oak 등의 활엽수의 경우 목재해부학적 특성으로 의해 radiata pine보다는 낮은 5~6배의 밀도증가율을 나타냈다. 4. 주입된 목재는 침 활엽수 모두 금속주입으로 인해 수분흡수율과 두께팽윤율이 현저히 감소하였고, 매우 높은 치수 안정성을 나타냈으며, 금속주입목재복합체의 휨강도, 휨영계수, 경도 및 전기전도도와 열전도도 등도 무처리목재보다 매우 크게 향상되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.1-5
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• 1998

Nail withdrawal tests were conducted on clear wood of radiata pine. Nails were driven into the earlywood and latewood zones of each specimen, and nail withdrawal tests were then performed. Nail withdrawal loads were strongly dependent on earlywood and latewood and on nail position. The average load values for nail withdrawal in both the tangential and longitudinal directions were higher for latewood than for earlywood. Linear and nonlinear regression analyses of nail withdrawal load with specific gravity showed no discernible differences. Good correlations were obtained between nail withdrawal load and specific gravity.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.39-44
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• 1997

4군데의 임반에서 선발된 라디에타 소나무를 공시목으로 두께 2.6mm와 1.4mm의 단판을 제작하였다. 단판을 조합하여 만들어진 합판의 크기는 $1200{\times}2400{\times}12.5mm$이었다. 12.5mm의 합판으로 단판의 성질에 따른 합판의 굽음을 조사하였던 바 단판의 성질과 합판의 굽음과의 관계는 낮은 상관관계를 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.34-42
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• 1998

Three hardwood (ash, alder and black locust) and three softwood (Japanese red pine, radiata pine and Western hemlock) specimens were dried in microwave(MlW) oven and their drying rates were obtained. Their specific permeabilities were also measured by using a modified liquid permeability measuring device. The correlation between the M/W drying rates and permeabilities of six species were statistically analyzed. It was revealed that within a species there is a logarithmic relationship between the M/W drying rates and average moisture contents and that among species there is a linear relationship between the M/W maximum drying rates and the average specific permeabilities. A exception was Western hemlock, which was of low permeability and of high drying rate. A Me-time equation, which showed a good agreement with the actual data, was derived. Thus using this equation the moisture contents of wood and the drying end points of M/W drying could be predicted. Infrared images of the thermal distribution in wood were illustrated.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.30-39
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• 1991

Internal moisture gradients of 3cm-thick radiata pine (Pinus radiata) sapwood and meranti(Shorea spp.) heartwood were determined by using slicing method during drying and were predicted by Hart's Sorption Simulation. The shapes of internal moisture gradients. moisture contents and drying rates, which were obtained by the slicing method. were compared with those predicted by Sorption Simulation. After the 2nd fitting attempts. the differences between the gravimetric drying rates and the drying rates predicted by Sorption Simulation were less than 0.021%/hr for radiata pine and 0.043%/hr for meranti. The shapes of the internal moisture gradients predicted by Sorption Simulation were in good agreement with those obtained by the slicing method. It could be concluded that Sorption Simulation be an excellent tool to predict internal moisture gradients of wood.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.12-17
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• 1996

This study was carried out to investigate some mechanical properties for wood rational utilization of heartwood and sapwood in radiata pine according to basic density, ring width and proportion of latewood which were grown in New Zealand. This result were summarized as follow: Heartwood showed 35.78(MPa) of the compression strength parallel to the grain while sapwood showed 42.08(MPa). The modulus of rupture in static bending was higher in sapwood showing 86.12(MPa) than in heartwood 72.99(MPa) Heartwood had 7.38(GPa) for the modulus of elasticity in static bending and sapwood 8.17(GPa). As the basic density and proportion of latewood increased: compression strength parallel to the grain, MOR and MOE in static bending had a tendency to increase. As ring width increased, the mechanical properties decreased.