Properties of Particleboards at Various Humidity Conditions.

Abstract

The changes in properties of particleboard that result from changes in moisture content should be determined to avoid possible problems related to linear expansion and thickness swelling and to loss in load-carrying capacity and stiffness. In this report the physical and mechanical properties are determined for five commercial particleboards manufactured primarily from planer shavings and for a board made at the Forest Products Laboratory from random-width Douglas-fir flaxes, 1 inch long and 0.015 inch thick. All were conditioned at humidity exposures between ovendry and 90 % relative humidity. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784557

Entities

People

  • J. Dobbin Mcnatt

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Elastic Properties
  • Humidity
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Moisture
  • Moisture Content
  • Payload
  • Physical Properties
  • Shear Properties
  • Stiffness
  • Thickness

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Reinforced Composite Materials