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Evaluation Of Flood Damage On Cross Laminated Timber Wall Configurations, Mustafa Nezih Kaya

Theses and Dissertations

Greenhouse gas emissions are one of the critical factors that affect climate change, increasing flooding risk and threatening human life. The use of traditional construction materials is responsible for a higher percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions when compared to the use of sustainable materials in the construction industry. The substitution of current building materials with sustainable materials is essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and positively influence climate change when the current construction demand in the world is considered. Wood is one of the primary environmentally friendly construction materials in regard to high carbon storage and low carbon emissions. …

W234 Communicating The Green Advantages Of Wood To Your Customers, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

This publication summarizes the favorable environmental profile of wood and shows how this information can be included in communications with customers. It is intended primarily as an aid to wood products manufacturers, but will also be of interest to architects, policy makers and anyone with concern for how his or her materials choices impact the environment.

W228 Wood Products Information - Test Of A Sodium Carbonate-Based Mold Control Spray On Wood, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

The sodium carbonate-based solution that we tested did not provide good mold inhibition in a severe, standardized test.

Eliminating the warm, wet conditions that lead to mold remains the best option for preventing the growth on mold on wood.

W214 Wood Products Information - Wood Pellets - An Introduction To Their Production And Use, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

Wood pellets are compressed wood particles that are used as fuel. Pellets are already commonly used in some areas of the country, but they are growing in popularity as the cost of primary fuels increases and concerns about global climate change build.

This fact sheet is a short introduction to wood pellets and will be helpful to those who are interested in using or producing wood pellet fuel. The advantages of wood pellets and how pellets are made and used are discussed.

Wood Measurement Rules, Maine Department Of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources

Maine Collection

Wood Measurement Rules

Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources, Division of Quality Assurance & Regulations, Augusta, Maine, 2006.

Contents: Chapter 380: General Provisions / Chapter 381: General Requirements for Wood Transactions / Chapter 382: Measurement of Wood and Declaration of Quantity / Chapter 383: Measurement and Prompt Furnishing of Measurement Tally Sheets / Chapter 384: Complaints and Investigations / Chapter 385: Licensing of Wood Scalers / Appendix

Tb61: Properties Of Plantation Grown Red Pine Related To Its Utilization, James E. Shottafer, Norman P. Kutscha, Richard A. Hale

Technical Bulletins

This report describes a study that was conducted to evaluate the static bending and compression parallel to the grain properties evident within and among material from 19 plantation-grown red pine trees, and to determine what effect position in the tree, latewood percentage, fibril angle, specific gravity and rate of growth might have on these mechanical properties. The second phase of the study was conducted concurrently with the first to determine what effect position in the tree and specific gravity might have on the characteristics of red pine Kraft pulp. A third investigation evaluated the effect of three dry kiln schedules …

Tb53: The Suitability Of Certain Stains For Studying Lignification In Balsam Fir, Abies Balsamea (L.) Mill, Norman Kutscha, James R. Gray

Technical Bulletins

An investigation was conducted to examine the suitability of ten staining reactions for studying lignification in balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Two experiments were carried out on material collected on two different dates. In each experiment slides of fresh, FAA-killed and FAA-killed celloldin-embedded material of normal and compression wood were stained and evaluated.

Tb47: The Relationship Of Fibril Angle To Certain Factors In Plantation-Grown Red Pine, R. S. Shumway, Norman P. Kutscha, J. E. Shottafer

Technical Bulletins

The purpose of this study was to make an estimate of the average ring fibril angle within the stem of 48-year old plantation-grown red pine (Pinus resinosa, Ait.). It was also conducted to determine the degreed relationship between this estimated average ring fibril angle and various factors such as position in the tree, latewood percent, specific gravity, and growth rate.

Tb45: Foreign Woods Utilized In Maine, Norman P. Kutscha, L. L. Emery

Technical Bulletins

The purpose of this study was to (a) evaluate the extent to which foreign woods are used in the state of Maine, (b) to see if any problems exist in the use of these woods, (c) to compile information on the characteristics of the species used and provide this information to the users by supplying them with a copy of this bulletin, and (d) to provide for a better understanding of the significance of foreign wood use in the state.

Tb41: The Potential Of Lignin Research, Norman P. Kutscha, James R. Gray

Technical Bulletins

Lignin constitutes a vast natural resource, which can be found in various forms depending on where it is obtained and how it is isolated. To most easily isolate lignin, we must understand more thoroughly its chemical structure and how it is bound to the other wall components. To use lignin more effectively and develop new uses for it, we must understand its properties. Likewise, the most effective use of lignin-containing materials such as wood and wood products depends on understanding how their properties are affected by the properties of lignin.

Tb28: Weight, Nutrient Element And Productivity Studies Of Seedlings And Saplings Of Eight Tree Species In Natural Ecosystems, Harold E. Young, Paul M. Carpenter

Technical Bulletins

The objective of this study was to obtain weight and nutrient element information on complete trees ranging from 1 to 35 ft in height above ground for the same eight species (red spruce, balsam fir, white pine, hemlock, northern white cedar, white birch, red maple and aspen) as a downward extension in size classes.

Tb27: Fresh And Dry Weight, Nutrient Elements And Pulping Characteristics Of Northern White Cedar, Thuja Occidentalis, Richard F. Dyer

Technical Bulletins

Northern white cedar was selected as an eighth species for complete tree investigation of weight, nutrient elements and pulping characteristics because it comprises approximately 13% of the total softwood growing stock in Maine, but only amounts to about 2% of the total softwood timber cut for all purposes. It is hoped that the information in this bulletin will provide basic information permitting northern white cedar to become a more meaningful segment of the Maine forest economy.

Tb12: Preliminary Fresh And Dry Weight Tables For Seven Tree Species In Maine, Harold E. Young, Lars Strand, Russell Altenberger

Technical Bulletins

The studies on which the tables in this publication were based establish that data on the complete tree can be obtained by employing modern harvesting equipment thus eliminating a problem of measurement that has been impossible or difficult for hundreds of years. The tables in this publication are based on a limited amount of data obtained in a small area. However, these indicate the method and they can be useful guides for professional foresters and helpful to research workers who are seeking improved techniques for biological investigations such as site productivity. They are a beginning in an approach to a …