TY - JOUR TT - BENDING STRENGTH OF THE THROUGH – DOVETAIL CORNER JOINTS ON THE CASE CONSTRUCTION OF FURNITURE AU - Örs, Yalçın AU - Efe, Hakan AU - Kasal, Ali PY - 2003 DA - June JF - Politeknik Dergisi PB - Gazi University WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-9429 SP - 497 EP - 503 VL - 6 IS - 2 KW - Eğilme direnci KW - dişli birleştirme KW - köşe birleştirme KW - kutu konstrüksiyon KW - mobilya N2 - In this study, bending strength of the through – dovetail corner joints with the case construction of furniture prepared from solid wood and wood based composite materials have been compared. For this purpose, oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), pine (Pinus sylvestris Lipsky) and poplar (Populus x eureamericana) were used as the solid wood materials, okoume (Aucoumea klaineana) plywood, poplar (Populus x eureamericana) plywood and medium density fiberboard (MDF) were used as the wood based composite materials. Static diagonal tension and compression tests have been applied to the specimens which are prepared for 10 replications from each material groups according to principles of ASTM D 143 – 83. As a result, the highest bending strength have been obtained with okoume plywood, while the lowest bending strength values have been obtained with solid pine and poplar, respectively. It can be recommended that using the wood based composite materials in production of case furniture in terms of technical and echonomical factors UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/politeknik/article/366923 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/384351 ER -