NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON INFLUENCE OF COMPRESSION WOOD TIMBER DISTORTION

ABSTRACT

In timber exposed to moisture variations, drying distortions is a serious problem that might result into sawn timber and other wood products unsuitable for construction purposes. Two characteristics of wood are that its behaviour is strongly orthotropic and that it is very sensitive to variations in moisture content. In addition, wood is characterised by variation in its properties from pith to bark. A further important property of wood, which affects its behaviour, is its spiral grain. For timber containing much compression wood the drying distortions are also highly dependent upon where the compression wood is located in the sawn boards. The present study concerns an experimental investigation of density, grain angles, shrinkage parameters and longitudinal elastic modulus in a number of spruce boards containing much compression wood. On the basis of the data obtained, numerical simulations have been carried out in order to determine the deformations that developed in the boards during changes in moisture content.     

COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING STUDIES FOR THE MICROWAVE DRYING OF IRONBARK TIMBER

ABSTRACT

Temperature profiles through boards during the microwave-assisted drying of Australian Ironbark timber have been investigated in this work in order to explore evidence for timber degrade via “charring” at internal temperatures below those required for pyrolysis (Brooke et al., 1998). A previously published model (Turner and Jolly, 1990a) describing one-dimensional microwave power absorption, based on the solution of Maxwell's equations, has been reviewed and significant limitations identified and overcome. Improvements included the use of a linear-mixing approach for the dielectric constants, the incorporation of temperature and moisture dependencies for these dielectric properties and the inclusion of diffusion within an overall system model. A control-volume technique has been used for predicting both moisture and temperature distributions within the timber, with a second-order finite-difference method being used to solve Maxwell's equations. The final model showed     

THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRYING MEDIUM ON HIGH TEMPERATURE CONVECTIVE DRYING OF SINGLE WOOD CHIPS

ABSTRACT

High temperature convective drying of single wood chips with air and superheated steam respectively is studied theoretically. The two-dimensional model presented describes the coupled transport of water, vapour, air and heat. Transport mechanisms included are the convection of gas and liquid, intergas as well as bound water diffusion. In the initial part of the drying process, moisture is transported to the surface mainly due to capillary forces in the transversal direction where evaporation occurs, As the surface becomes dry, the drying front moves towards the centre of the particle and an overpressure is simultaneously built up which affects the drying process

The differences between drying in air and steam respectively can be assigned to the physical properties of the drying medium. The period of constant drying rate which does not exist (or is very short) in air drying becomes more significant with decreasing amounts of air in the drying medium and is clearly visible in Dure superheated steam drying. The maximal drying rate is larger in air drying, and shorter drying times are obtained since the heat flux to the wood chip particle increases with increasing amounts of air in the drying medium. The period of falling drying rate can be divided into two parts: in the first, the drying rate is dependent upon the humidity of the drying medium whereas in the second, there is no such correlation.     

THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRYING MEDIUM ON HIGH TEMPERATURE CONVECTIVE DRYING OF SINGLE WOOD CHIPS

High temperature convective drying of single wood chips with air and superheated steam respectively is studied theoretically. The two-dimensional model presented describes the coupled transport of water, vapour, air and heat. Transport mechanisms included are the convection of gas and liquid, intergas as well as bound water diffusion. In the initial part of the drying process, moisture is transported to the surface mainly due to capillary forces in the transversal direction where evaporation occurs, As the surface becomes dry, the drying front moves towards the centre of the particle and an overpressure is simultaneously built up which affects the drying process

The differences between drying in air and steam respectively can be assigned to the physical properties of the drying medium. The period of constant drying rate which does not exist (or is very short) in air drying becomes more significant with decreasing amounts of air in the drying medium and is clearly visible in Dure superheated steam drying. The maximal drying rate is larger in air drying, and shorter drying times are obtained since the heat flux to the wood chip particle increases with increasing amounts of air in the drying medium. The period of falling drying rate can be divided into two parts: in the first, the drying rate is dependent upon the humidity of the drying medium whereas in the second, there is no such correlation.     

THE INFLUENCE OF COMPRESSION WOOD ON THE DRYING CURVES OF PINUS RADIATA DRIED IN DEHUMIDIFIER CONDITIONS

Measurements of drying rate of Pinus radiata at 55°C and 30% RH are presented. The data, which has been used to establish empirical models for P. radiata under dehumidifier drying conditions, was obtained in four drying runs in a drying tunnel, each yielding detailed drying curves for twelve sample sapwood boards of size 350 × 100 × 50 mm. Compression wood was found to have a significant effect on the drying rate curve, giving lower drying rates at 40-100% MC. This effect is interpreted through the use of a numerical multiple-mechanism two-zone model and quantified by using best-fit diffusion parameters from an isothermal diffusion model. A positive correlation was discovered between the moisture diffusion coefficient and initial moisture content, a strong indicator for the presence of compression wood. In the two-zone model, the compression wood effect was replicated by using a tenfold decrease in permeability to liquid flow. Attributes of compression wood that could cause reduced permeability include an increased proportion of latewood, narrower lumen, and a scarcity of bordered pits on the radial walls of longitudinal tracheids.     

THE INFLUENCE OF COMPRESSION WOOD ON THE DRYING CURVES OF PINUS RADIATA DRIED IN DEHUMIDIFIER CONDITIONS

ABSTRACT

Measurements of drying rate of Pinus radiata at 55°C and 30% RH are presented. The data, which has been used to establish empirical models for P. radiata under dehumidifier drying conditions, was obtained in four drying runs in a drying tunnel, each yielding detailed drying curves for twelve sample sapwood boards of size 350 × 100 × 50 mm. Compression wood was found to have a significant effect on the drying rate curve, giving lower drying rates at 40–100% MC. This effect is interpreted through the use of a numerical multiple-mechanism two-zone model and quantified by using best-fit diffusion parameters from an isothermal diffusion model. A positive correlation was discovered between the moisture diffusion coefficient and initial moisture content, a strong indicator for the presence of compression wood. In the two-zone model, the compression wood effect was replicated by using a tenfold decrease in permeability to liquid flow. Attributes of compression wood that could cause reduced permeability include an increased proportion of latewood, narrower lumen, and a scarcity of bordered pits on the radial walls of longitudinal tracheids.     

木粉对PVC木塑复合材料力学性能影响

采用电镜扫描观察了3种木粉的纤维细胞尺寸及其木粉微观形态。研究了木粉粒度、微观特性以及木粉添加量对了聚氯乙烯（PVC）木塑复合材料力学性能的影响。结果表明，木粉表面裸露的微细纤维增加和粒度减小，有助于提高木塑复合材料力学强度；加入少量木粉使木塑复合材料力学性能降低，但随着木粉添加量的增大，木塑复合材料的抗弯性能和拉伸强度上升；木塑复合材料的冲击强度随木粉含量增加而下降。     

EPP泡沫填充对铝蜂窝压缩性能的影响研究

采用准静态轴向压缩实验和有限元仿真相结合的方法,对EPP泡沫(聚丙烯塑料发泡材料)填充对铝蜂窝结构压缩性能的影响开展了研究。实验发现,相对空铝蜂窝,EPP泡沫填充铝蜂窝结构的峰值力、平均抗压强度和吸收能量分别提高了1.9%~43.33%、46.59%~179.53%和46.26%~179.04%。并且相对空铝蜂窝与单独EPP泡沫之和,泡沫填充结构的平均抗压强度和总吸能分别提高了2%~23.5%和3.9%~23.3%。此外,采用Ls-dyna软件对EPP泡沫填充铝蜂窝的破坏过程进行了仿真,发现EPP泡沫填充可以有效抵抗蜂窝壁变形,并且获得了与实验较吻合的破坏过程和位移曲线。研究表明,利用EPP泡沫填充铝蜂窝,能有效改善铝蜂窝结构的轴向压缩性能。     

表面处理对木粉增强PVC发泡复合板材性能的影响

研究表面处理的木粉对发泡聚氯乙烯(PVC)板材的增强改性效果。使用铝酸酯偶联剂、丙烯酸丁酯预聚物对木粉进行表面处理，将其混合到聚氯乙烯发泡板材配料中进行板材加工生产，结果表明，经处理的木粉能提高发泡PVC板材的拉伸强度和冲击强度。用铝酸酯偶联剂处理木粉的发泡板材力学性能好于用丙烯酸丁酯预聚物处理的板材；而用丙烯酸丁酯预聚物处理木粉的复合材料在流变加工性能优于用铝酸酯处理木粉的复合材料。     

木粉填充PP性能的研究

以松木粉/杉木粉对聚丙烯进行填充改性,初步探讨了木粉的种类、表面处理和填充量对木粉填充改性PP力学性能与加工性能的影响。     

EVAC对PE基木塑微发泡复合材料性能影响的研究

使用乙烯-乙酸乙烯酯塑料(EVAC)作为改性剂,通过锥形双螺杆成型机制备了聚乙烯(PE)基木塑微发泡复合材料.研究了EVAC用量对复合材料力学性能的影响,并且运用扫描电子显微镜观察了复合材料断面的微观形貌.结果表明,PE基木塑微发泡复合材料的拉伸强度、弯曲强度、冲击强度均随FVAC用量的增加而增大,EVAC可以提高PE...     

INTERRELATION BETWEEN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER DURING DRYING OF WOOD

ABSTRACT

Continuous measurement and recording of the core temperature in wood samples during convective drying in an airstream reveals that the temperature difference between the airstream and the core of the wood reflects almost quantitatively the influence of the external conditions and the characteristic features of the drying wood material on the course of the drying velocity. Conclusions concerning the drying practice of timber kiln-drying which arise from the experimental findings are discussed.     

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES ON THE NORMAL IMPACT OF MICROSPHERES WITH SURFACES

Experiments investigating the normal impact of polydisperse microspheres with surfaces have been carried out. The incident and rebound normal velocity components and particle size were measured using the phase Doppler approach. Incident normal velocities were near those required for capture by the surface. The numerical simulation approach developed by Brach and Dunn (1995, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 23, 51–71), was improved and applied to analyze the polydisperse microsphere normal impact data. This improved approach was justified through comparisons with the monodisperse microsphere normal impact data of Wall et al. (1990, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 12, 926–946) and of Dahneke (1975, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 51, 58–65).     

INTERRELATION BETWEEN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER DURING DRYING OF WOOD

Continuous measurement and recording of the core temperature in wood samples during convective drying in an airstream reveals that the temperature difference between the airstream and the core of the wood reflects almost quantitatively the influence of the external conditions and the characteristic features of the drying wood material on the course of the drying velocity. Conclusions concerning the drying practice of timber kiln-drying which arise from the experimental findings are discussed.     

锯木屑在超临界水中气化制氢过程的主要影响因素

以锯木屑混合羧甲基纤维素钠（CMC）为反应原料,利用连续管流反应器,在反应器外壁面温度稳定在650 ℃条件下,对反应压力在17.5～30 MPa,反应停留时间在14.4～50 s,浓度范围为4%～9%（质量分数）的湿生物质浆液进行了超临界水气化制氢实验研究,讨论了气化过程的主要参数压力、温度、反应停留时间以及物料浓度对气化结果的影响.锯木屑在超临界水中接近完全气化,生成气体产物的主要成分是H₂、CH₄、CO、CO₂以及少量的C₂H₄和C₂H₆,气化产物中的H2含量可以超过40%.同时,实现了气化反应液体产物的循环利用.     

DISCONTINUOUS VACUUM DRYING OF OAK WOOD: MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS

Abstract

Vacuum drying and especially discontinuous vacuum drying is a very attractive process for such a wood as oak, because of a reduced drying time and a high quality of the final product. In this paper, a model describing heat, mass and momentum transfer in a capillary porous and hygroscopic medium under vacuum drying with no external heating agent (the material is pre-heated during a convective phase), is presented. The choice of the following three independent unknowns, moisture content, enthalpy and dry air density, leads to a fully well described problem where the effect of gaseous pressure inside the material is taken into account. A new formulation of the boundary conditions and its numerical resolution are validated by experimental results.     

COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING STUDIES FOR THE MICROWAVE DRYING OF IRONBARK TIMBER

Temperature profiles through boards during the microwave-assisted drying of Australian Ironbark timber have been investigated in this work in order to explore evidence for timber degrade via “charring” at internal temperatures below those required for pyrolysis (Brooke et al., 1998). A previously published model (Turner and Jolly, 1990a) describing one-dimensional microwave power absorption, based on the solution of Maxwell's equations, has been reviewed and significant limitations identified and overcome. Improvements included the use of a linear-mixing approach for the dielectric constants, the incorporation of temperature and moisture dependencies for these dielectric properties and the inclusion of diffusion within an overall system model. A control-volume technique has been used for predicting both moisture and temperature distributions within the timber, with a second-order finite-difference method being used to solve Maxwell's equations. The final model showed     

FRP环向加固木柱轴心受压性能试验研究

提供了15根FRP环向加固木柱的轴心抗压性能试验数据,详细探讨了受载后试件的工作机理和破坏模式,试件的设计参数为FRP的层数和FRP的类型,分析了各设计参数对加固木柱承载力和峰值应变的影响。试验结果表明,FRP环向加固木柱可提高木柱的抗压承载力,改善木柱的延性。在极限荷载以前,加固木柱的荷载-应变关系曲线基本保持线性变化,在极限荷载以后曲线为近似理想塑性。加固木柱的承载力和峰值应变随加固层数的增加而增加。3层GFRP可提高木柱承载力和峰值应变分别达21.82%和94.95%。试件的极限荷载和轴向应变随环向FRP的弹性模量的增加而增加,但增幅逐渐变缓。加固木柱达到极限荷载时,环向加固层没有出现拉断现象,其环向应变并未达到环向加固层的极限应变,仅为FRP极限拉应变的10%左右。木柱的破坏始于木纤维的弯曲变形,环向FRP可有效约束这种变形的发展,这是改善木柱轴心受压性能的主要原因。所有试件的破坏模式都表现为木柱产生错动变形,被完全压皱破坏。     

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROBLEMS WITH AN APPLICATION TO TIMBER DRYING*

A finite element formulation and solution of a set of nonlinear coupled heat and mass transfer equations for porous capillary media is presented. The model considers temperature and moisture dependent material properties and can accomodate diffusion of moisture as either a liquid or a vapor. Application was made to drying of timber and predicted results agreed well with the experimental data.