
Wood Composites
Description
Key Features
- Comprehensively reviews the entire field of wood composites in a single volume
- Examines recent progress in enhancing and refining the performance and properties of wood composites by chemical and thermal modification and the application of smart multi-functional coatings
- Explores the range of wood composites, including both new and traditional products
Readership
Wood scientists, timber engineers, architects, civil engineers, and postgraduates and academic researchers with an interest in wood composites and their applications
Table of Contents
Part One: Materials for wood composites
1: Wood microstructure – A cellular composite
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Cellular microstructure
- 1.3 Moisture and the composite wood cell wall
- 1.4 Orthotropic properties of wood
2: Processing of wood for wood composites
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Raw material characteristics
- 2.3 Raw material quality requirements
- 2.4 Peeling and slicing to produce veneers
- 2.5 Sawmilling to produce solid timber
- 2.6 Chipping, flaking and fibre production
- 2.7 Nanocellulose for advanced biocomposites
3: Adhesives for wood composites
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction – A brief history of wood composites resins
- 3.2 Common resins for current composite technologies
- 3.3 Other currently used resins
- 3.4 The future of resins for composites applications
- 3.5 Conclusions
Part Two: Wood composites and their applications
4: Plywood and other veneer-based products
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 History and market
- 4.3 The manufacturing process
- 4.4 Properties and performance
- 4.5 Applications and future trends
- 4.6 Resources
5: Fibreboards and their applications
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Hardboard
- 5.3 Medium density fibreboard
6: Chipboard, oriented strand board (OSB) and structural composite lumber
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Chipboard
- 6.3 Oriented strand board
- 6.4 Structural composite lumber
7: Glue-laminated timber (Glulam)
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Manufacturing glulam
- 7.3 Adhesives
- 7.4 Connections
- 7.5 Reinforced glulam
- 7.6 Recent research and technologies
- 7.7 Sources of further information and advice
8: Cross laminated timber
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 CLT and the production process
- 8.3 Materials for CLT
- 8.4 Mechanical characteristics of CLT
- 8.5 Jointing CLT
- 8.6 Case studies
- 8.7 Future trends
- 8.8 Further information
9: Composite section I-beams
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Engineering principles
- 9.3 Engineered products used in the manufacture of I-beams
- 9.4 I-beams in buildings
- 9.5 Examples of the use of I-beams
10: Wood polymer composites
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Fibres and fillers
- 10.3 Polymer matrices and processing
- 10.4 Wood fibre–polymer interfaces and dispersion
- 10.5 Additives for WPC compounding
- 10.6 Mechanical properties and other useful data
- 10.7 The global picture: Market trends by region
- 10.8 Labelling and testing for product quality and sustainability
- 10.9 Conclusions and future outlook
Part Three: Advances in wood composites
11: Preservation, protection and modification of wood composites
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Working with natural materials – Decay, moisture and weather
- 11.3 Decay and degradation of wood and wood-based composites
- 11.4 Water, degradation and weathering
- 11.5 Protecting wood-based panels and structural composites from weathering
- 11.6 Wood modification
- 11.7 Protecting wood
- 11.8 Treating wood-based composites
- 11.9 Combustion and fire retardancy
- 11.10 Conclusion
12: Environmental impacts of wood composites and legislative obligations
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 The forest resource and extraction and transport of timber
- 12.3 Life cycle assessment (LCA) of wood composites
- 12.4 Comparing wood composites with other construction materials
- 12.5 The role of the built environment as a carbon store
- 12.6 Wood waste and recycling of wood composites
- 12.7 VOC emissions and wood composites
- 12.8 Legislation
- 12.9 Future trends
- 12.10 Conclusions
- 12.11 Further information
13: Nanocomposite coatings and plasma treatments for wood-based products
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Coating technologies
- 13.3 Plasma treatments
- 13.4 Wood protection by plasma-assisted thin layer deposition
- 13.5 Conclusion
14: Biomimetic composite materials inspired by wood
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Hierarchy, structure and the principles of biomimetic design
- 14.3 Biomimetic functionalisation of natural fibres
- 14.4 Genetic engineering
- 14.5 Biomimetic systems of motion based on plants
- 14.6 Biomimetic timber architecture
- 14.7 Conclusions
15: Carbonised and mineralised wood composites
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction to wood charcoal
- 15.2 Introduction to mineralised wood
- 15.3 Carbon–carbon woodceramics
- 15.4 Silicon carbide woodceramics
- 15.5 Titanium nitride and titanium carbide woodceramics
- 15.6 Carbon/aluminium composites
- 15.7 Conclusions
16: Hybrid wood composites – integration of wood with other engineering materials
- Abstract
- 16.1 Hybrid wood composites in transport
- 16.2 Wind turbine and propeller blades
- 16.3 Rotor blades
- 16.4 Hybrid wood composites in sport
- 16.5 Hybrid wood composite beams
- 16.6 Hybrid wood composites in construction
- 16.7 Conclusions
Product details
- No. of pages: 444
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2015
- Published: July 23, 2015
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Hardcover ISBN: 9781782424543
- eBook ISBN: 9781782424772
About the Editor
Martin Ansell
Dr Ansell was awarded his degree in Materials Science from the University of Sussex before continuing to take a PhD in Solid State Physics at Chelsea College, University of London. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Wood Science (FIWSc) in 1986 and was President of Institute of Wood Science from 1994 to 1996. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) in 2002. Dr Ansell joined the University of Bath as a Research Officer in 1976 and has since worked as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Materials. He has worked as a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2006.