Wood Science and Technology

Editorial

News from the IAWS

Robert Evans

Wood fingerprint recognition using knot neighborhood K-plet descriptors

Tobias Pahlberg, Erik Johansson, Olle Hagman, Matthew Thurley

Simulation of transverse wood compression using a large-deformation, hyperelastic–plastic material model

Yamina E. Aimene, John A. Nairn

Analysis of chip formation mechanisms and modelling of slabber process

Renaud Pfeiffer, Robert Collet, Louis Etienne Denaud, Guillaume Fromentin

A comprehensive multi-scale analytical modelling framework for predicting the mechanical properties of strand-based composites

Sardar Malekmohammadi, Navid Zobeiry, Thomas Gereke, Benjamin Tressou, Reza Vaziri

Fabrication, material properties, and application of bamboo scrimber

Yanglun Yu, Rongxian Zhu, Binglin Wu, Yu’an Hu, Wenji Yu

On inherent bending in tension tests of bamboo

Michael J. Richard, Kent A. Harries

Probabilistic models for the modulus of elasticity and shear in serial and parallel acting timber elements

R. Brandner, G. Schickhofer

Representative volume element (RVE) and the prediction of mechanical properties of diffuse porous hardwood

Tianyi Zhan, Jianxiong Lu, Xihe Zhou, Xiaoning Lu

Characterization of lignin in heartwood, sapwood and bark from Tectona grandis using Py–GC–MS/FID

Ana Lourenço, Duarte Miranda Neiva, Jorge Gominho, António Velez Marques, Helena Pereira

Resistance of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) modified with short- and long-chain siloxanes to subterranean termites (Reticulitermes flavipes)

P. Gascón-Garrido, M. F. Thévenon, H. Militz, C. Mai

Performance of wax-impregnated timber out of ground contact: results from long-term field testing

Christian Brischke, Eckhard Melcher

Characterization of sumac (Rhus tripartitum) root barks tannin for a potential use in wood adhesives formulation

S. Ben Mahmoud, H. Saad, B. Charrier, A. Pizzi, K. Rode, N. Ayed, F. Charrier-El Bouhtoury