THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR WOOD MECHANICS

5th to 8th September, 2004 – Vila Real, Portugal

ABSTRACTS LIST

Title / First author name / Country
Virtual fields methods / F. Pierron / France

Wood quality assessment of old growth spruce trees (Picea abies) with respect to natural variability of mechanical properties

/ Müller Ulrich / Austria

The Cylindrical Orthotropic Model Applied to Wood

/ Nilson Mascia / Brazil

Brinell hardness of wood in mature and young Betula pendula

/ Henrik Heräjärvi / Finland

Static bending and swelling properties of strand-made beams of Pinus sylvestris and Betula sp.

/ Henrik Heräjärvi / Finland
Effect of extractives on vibrational properties and shrinkage of African Padauk (Pterocarpus Soyauxii Taub.) / Iris Brémaud / France
Materials selection for violin bows: which are the alternatives for pernambuco? / Ulrike G.K Wegst / Germany

Strain gauge technology for determination of mechanical properties of wood

/ A M Pinho / Portugal
Regeneration features of Norway spruce forests and mechanical properties of paper / Nasko Terziev / Sweden
Mechanical behaviour of archeological wood / J Ljungdahl / Sweden
Wavelet Characterization of the Local Density Variation of Wood Based Composite Materials and Its Associated Influence on Stress Distributions / Jay A. Johnson / USA
Variability w density / Moya / Costa Rica
Micromechanical characterisation of compression wood / N. Sodini / italy

Time, moisture and temperature dependence

/ Yano
Influence of preheating on viscoelastic properties of green wood at different temperatures / Sandrine Bardet / France
Influence of temperature on the torsional behaviour of small clear-wood specimens in green state / P Vincent / France
The influence of relative humidity on time-dependent behavior of small heartwood specimens (10*30*460 mm) of Oak (Q,castaneifolia) / Hedayatollah Aminian / Iran
A study on the applicability of time temperature superposition principle for a Kenaf fiber-high density polyethylene composite / Mehdi Tajvid / Iran

The design of an investigative programme to model creep and mechanosorption in radiata pine at high temperatures

/ Hamish Pearson / New Zealand

Time dependent behaviour of radiate pine compression wood

/ Christopher Lenth / New Zealand

Experimental and Theoretical Mechanical Performance of Wood Bending using Microwave Heating Techniques

/ Luke F. Juniper / Australia
Plastic Bending Deformation and Crack Damage of Wood Cell Wall / Li Dagang / China
Restricted cupping of cladding boards caused by capillary penetration: An Experimental Study of Untreated and Heat-treated Boards / Jari Virta / Finland
Determination of tension characteristics of maritime pine after heat treatment (retification) / Ph. Wœssner / France
Compressive deformation of wood impregnated with low molecular weight phenol formaldehyde resin / Md. Iftekhar Shams / Japan

Strength, fracture and damage

/ Morais

A finite element simulation of the CIB-W18 flexure test with crack propagation

/ N. Dourado / Portugal

Analysis of the ENF test on the Mode II fracture of wood

/ Manuel Silva / Portugal
Fatigue in tension perpendicular to the grain / C. O. Clorius / Denmark
A numerical approach on coupling of viscoelasticity, diffusion and fracture mechanic : Application to shrinkage of a free disk / Frédéric Dubois / France
From the initiation to the crack propagation in timber beams under various RH conditions / M. Chaplain / France

Strain analysis of solid wood and glued laminated timber constructions by close range photogrammetry

/ Karl Rautenstrauch / Germany

A new approach of damage mechanics applied to timber

/ Peter Becker / Germany
Girdling effect on end–cracks propagation for eucalyptus / Famiri, A. / Morocco
Modelling of internal stresses in wooden cultural objects / Lukasz Bratasz / Poland
Deformation of wet wood under combined shear and compression load / Federica De Magistris / Sweden
Fiber bridging in toughened particle-board / K Segerholm / Sweden
Microtomographic Investigations of Damage in Wood Composites / Eric Landis / USA
Size effect tension / Astrup / Denmark
Micro-macro
Longitudinal shrinkage of radiata pine compression wood / Harrington / New Zealand
Time dependent behaviour of radiate pine compression wood / Harrington / New Zealand
Stress transfer from matrix to the fibre in the wood particle-reinforced composite - analytical, numerical, and experimental results / Aleksandra Sretenovic / Austria
Relaxation experiments on wood fibres and tissues / Michaela Eder / Austria
Anatomical analysis of time-dependent swelling and shrinkage of wood / D.Hunt / UK
From clear soft wood to reaction wood: modeling of the influences of the microfibril angle and specific gravity on mechanical properties, elasticity and shrinkage / Daniel Guitard / France

Modeling released maturation strains in wood in relation with fibre microstructure and maturation kinetics

/ Tancrède Alméras / Japan
Revealing growth stresses at the cell wall level in poplar tension wood / B. Clair / Japan
A cell structure model for elastic properties in wood / C. Modén / Sweden
Variation of microfibril angle along the individual spruce fibers / Marjan Sedighi-Gilani / Switzerland
Micromechanical Evaluation of Wood / Audrey Zink-Sharp / USA
Structural applications
From Tree-Trunk to Tube. How to improve the efficiency of wooden components in two steps / Sonja Ziegler / Germany
Constitutive Modelling of Biaxially Stressed Wood for the Analysis of Layered Wooden Shells / Herbert W. Müllner / Austria
Microstructural changes in sugi wood subjected to static and cyclic bolt-bearing loads / Meng Gong / Canada
Failure of Structural Timber Components in mode I : numerical investigations / Jean-Luc Coureau / France
Comparison pull out strength … / Rajcic / Hungary

Comparison of Mechanical Behaviour of Solid, Laminated, and Reinforced Laminated Beams of Pinus Pinaster and Picea Abies woods

/ Silva Ribeiro / Portugal
Wood fibre composites
Taghi Tabarsa
Influence of climatic conditions on the mechanical behaviour of wood composite materials : MDF and low density panels (Thermisorel) / Haeffelin Jean-Martial / France
Anisotropy Characterization of Particleboard by Ultrasonic and Static Methods / Saeed Kazemi Najafi / Iran
Effects of strand orientation and press cycle on properties of OSB made from Iranian beech strands / Taghi Tabarsa / Iran
In mixture with wood particles for manufacturing particleboard / Taghi. Tabarsa / Iran
Mechanical behaviour of wood-cement composites / Catarina Pereira / Portugal
Wood nanocomposites / M Henriksson / Sweden
Exploratory analysis on the modelling of the properties of three-layered massive wood panels / Von Peter Niemz / Switzerland

Comparative investigations sorption diffusion w b composites

/ Von Peter Niemz / Switzerland

Combined effect of loading direction and stress modes on performance of OSB

/ Mizi Fan / UK