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European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
Published in: European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 3/2011

01-08-2011 | Brief Originals Kurzoriginalia

Fatigue strength and design stress of oil palm wood for furniture application

Authors: J. Ratnasingam, F. Ioras

Published in: European Journal of Wood and Wood Products | Issue 3/2011

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Abstract

Oil palm wood (OPW) and oil palm empty fruit bunches based particleboard (OPEFBP) furniture components were tested on edge in order to determine their resistance to fatigue. Tests were carried out at selected stress levels that corresponded to specific percentages of the material’s ultimate strength (modulus of rupture—MOR). Generally, the materials fatigue life decreased as the levels of stress increased, and the allowable design stresses for the OPW and OPEFBP furniture components could be set at 40% of their respective MOR. The study also showed that OPW does not perform as well as solid Rubberwood in cyclic loading, but the OPEFBP showed similar fatigue performance to the conventional Rubberwood-based particleboard.
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Metadata
Title
Fatigue strength and design stress of oil palm wood for furniture application
Authors
J. Ratnasingam
F. Ioras
Publication date
01-08-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0018-3768
Electronic ISSN: 1436-736X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-010-0476-0

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