@article{article_29666, title={THE CHANGES IN SOME PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEAMED SPRUCE (Picea orientalis L.) WOOD}, journal={Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={4}, pages={63–67}, year={2011}, author={Aydın, İsmail and Çolak, Semra}, keywords={Buharlama,Ladin (Picea orientalis L) odunu,Fiziksel ve mekanik özellikler}, abstract={<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The main
objective of this study was to investigate the changes in the physical and the mechanical
properties of spruce log steamed for 12 hours as an hydro-thermal process. The
log was divided into two equal parts. While one part was used for control, the
other was used for test. Beside the bending and impact strength and compression
strength in longitudinal direction, the equilibrium moisture content, specific gravity,
radial and tangential swelling and shrinkage were determined. As a result, the
air-dry specific gravity, the equilibrium moisture content and radial shrinkage
and swelling of steamed samples were lower. The mechanical properties,
especially the bending and impact strengths of steamed samples decreased. </p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:’Times-Roman’;font-size:10pt;"> <br /> </span> <span style="font-family:’Times-Roman’;font-size:10pt;"> </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi}