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  1. Data basic to the engineering of reconstituted flakeboard

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    Author(s): Robert L. Geimer
    Date: 1979
    Source: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Washington State University International Symposium on Particleboard, April 1979, Pullman, Washington. Pullman, Wash. : Wood Technology Section, Engineering Research Division, Materials Science & Engineering and Engineering Extension Service, 1979: Pages 105-125
    Publication Series: Miscellaneous Publication
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    Flakeboards made with uniform densities throughout their thickness and different degrees of flake alignment were used to establish relationships between bending, tension, and compression values of modulus of elasticity or modulus of rupture (or stress to maximum load) and the variables of specific gravity and flake alignment. An equation using sonic velocity as an indicator of alignment was developed that describes the relations over a broad range with a high degree of confidence. Bending stiffness of boards having a density gradient were predicted within approximately ± 20% using the derived relationships.

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    Geimer, Robert L. 1979. Data basic to the engineering of reconstituted flakeboard. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Washington State University International Symposium on Particleboard, April 1979, Pullman, Washington. Pullman, Wash. : Wood Technology Section, Engineering Research Division, Materials Science & Engineering and Engineering Extension Service, 1979: Pages 105-125

    Keywords

    Flakeboard, engineering design, flake alignment, bending, tension, compression values, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, specific gravity

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