[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of CLT moisture uptake and dry-out following water infiltration through end-grain surfaces

F Brandstätter, K Kalbe, M Autengruber… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) offers the potential to construct advanced load-bearing walls
and floors made of wood, as its larger dimensions and homogenized material properties …

[HTML][HTML] Hygrothermal Properties and Performance of Bio-Based Insulation Materials Locally Sourced in Sweden

O Ranefjärd, PB Strandberg-de Bruijn, L Wadsö - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in the building sector towards more
sustainable, resource efficient, and renewable materials. Bio-based insulation derived from …

[HTML][HTML] Supercritical CO2 drying of New Zealand red beech to below the fibre saturation point reduces collapse distortion

H Pearson, L Donaldson, M Kimberley… - Wood Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Supercritical CO2 offers an alternative method of removing wood moisture and reducing
cellular collapse compared to traditional drying techniques. The technique has been …

New insights into the influencing mechanisms of hemicellulose removal on dynamic wood-water interactions characterized with low-field NMR

T Yang, D Luo, L Wang, C Hu, C Mei - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
Hemicellulose, one of the most hygroscopic components, highly affected wood properties
and wood-water interactions. To get more knowledge about the effects of hemicellulose on …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of Un-Torrefied and Torrefied Poplar Plywood (PW) and Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF)

C Spîrchez, A Lunguleasa, CM Popescu, A Avram… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In a context where there is an increasing need for thermal treatments of wooden products,
the current research contributes a description of the torrefaction treatment of two of the …

Cell wall water induced dimensional changes of beech and pine wood

J Li, C Pan, E Ma - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
Hygroexpansion in timber construction is a phenomenon that occurs as a result of changes
in the cell wall structure of wood caused by water. In this study, beech (Fagus sylvatica) and …

The influence of relative humidity on the physicochemical environment of moisture in wood cell wall

J Li, E Ma - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
The intrinsic hygroscopic nature of lignocellulosic materials allows water molecules to
interact with cell wall polymers, and thus affects their performances. The presences of nano …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of targeted acetylation on wood–water interactions at high moisture states

M Fredriksson, R Digaitis, J Engqvist, EE Thybring - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
Acetylation is a wood modification used to increase the durability. Although it is known that
the wood moisture content is lowered, the exact mechanisms behind the increased durability …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the use of extended multiplicative scattering correction for near infrared spectra of wood with fungal decay

A Jochemsen, G Alfredsen, H Martens… - … and Intelligent Laboratory …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Extended Multiplicative Signal Correction (EMSC) is a multivariate linear modelling
technique for multi-channel measurements that can identify and correct for different types of …

How accurate are automated sorption balances? An analysis of errors in wood moisture content from uncertainties in the conditioning environment

EE Thybring, M Fredriksson - Drying Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Automated sorption balances are increasingly used to determine sorption isotherms of
hygroscopic materials like wood. The sorption isotherms are constructed based on a number …