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Krauss A. 2004. SWELLING PRESSURE OF WOOD DETERMINED FROM HYGRO-MECHANICAL CREEP MEASUREMENTS, EJPAU 7(2), #01.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume7/issue2/wood/abs-01.html

ABSTRACT

Swelling pressure in longitudinal direction has been determined on the basis of the time dependence of intensity of hygro-mechanical creep on the stretching, by the method of Moliński and Raczkowski [11]. The external stress needed for total inhibition of unidirectional spruce wood longitudinal swelling has been established. The maximum value of the swelling pressure determined on the basis of hygro-mechanical deformations of spruce wood samples simultaneously subjected to stretching in longitudinal direction and moistening is 14.4 MPa which is by 60% higher than the corresponding value found by the direct method of swelling inhibition for spruce wood sample of the same density. The probable reason for getting higher values of the maximum swelling pressure by the indirect method applied was the elimination of the sample buckling and a shortening of the time needed to reach the swelling pressure maximum, so reduction of the effects of the relaxation processes on the final result of swellin

Key words: hygro-mechanical creep, swelling pressure, spruce wood (Picea abies Karst.)..

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