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Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia

The bending performance of wood is important for its application in furniture, and it is one of the criteria used to assess the suitability of a particular wood species for furniture. In this context, the steam-bending and surface roughness characteristics of four forest plantation wood species were...

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Main Authors: Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Ab Latib, Hazirah, Lim, Choon Liat, Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza
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Published: North Carolina State University 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100744/
https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/comparative-steam-bending-characteristics-of-some-planted-forest-wood-species-in-malaysia/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1007442023-09-11T08:09:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100744/ Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran Ab Latib, Hazirah Lim, Choon Liat Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza The bending performance of wood is important for its application in furniture, and it is one of the criteria used to assess the suitability of a particular wood species for furniture. In this context, the steam-bending and surface roughness characteristics of four forest plantation wood species were evaluated. One batch of wood specimens were subjected to both surface roughness experiments using the stylus and toluene spread methods, while another batch of the wood specimens were subjected to steaming, clamped, and bent using a circular shape mold. The instantaneous spring-back was measured after 10 days, while the spring-back over time was measured from days 15 to 65. The surface roughness experiments showed that the Hevea brasiliensis had the lowest surface roughness, followed by the Eucalyptus pellita, Acacia mangium, and finally Revotropix paulownia. In terms of the bending performance, it was found that only the H. brasiliensis achieved the threshold 95% satisfactory level based on visual ranking. Furthermore, the wood species also recorded the lowest spring-back, both instantaneous and over-time, to register the best bending performance. On the other hand, R. paulownia had the worst bending performance, primarily due to its low density. North Carolina State University 2022-07-07 Article PeerReviewed Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran and Ab Latib, Hazirah and Lim, Choon Liat and Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza (2022) Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia. BioResources, 17 (3). 4937 - 4951. ISSN 1930-2126 https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/comparative-steam-bending-characteristics-of-some-planted-forest-wood-species-in-malaysia/ 10.15376/biores.17.3.4937-4951
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description The bending performance of wood is important for its application in furniture, and it is one of the criteria used to assess the suitability of a particular wood species for furniture. In this context, the steam-bending and surface roughness characteristics of four forest plantation wood species were evaluated. One batch of wood specimens were subjected to both surface roughness experiments using the stylus and toluene spread methods, while another batch of the wood specimens were subjected to steaming, clamped, and bent using a circular shape mold. The instantaneous spring-back was measured after 10 days, while the spring-back over time was measured from days 15 to 65. The surface roughness experiments showed that the Hevea brasiliensis had the lowest surface roughness, followed by the Eucalyptus pellita, Acacia mangium, and finally Revotropix paulownia. In terms of the bending performance, it was found that only the H. brasiliensis achieved the threshold 95% satisfactory level based on visual ranking. Furthermore, the wood species also recorded the lowest spring-back, both instantaneous and over-time, to register the best bending performance. On the other hand, R. paulownia had the worst bending performance, primarily due to its low density.
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author Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran
Ab Latib, Hazirah
Lim, Choon Liat
Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza
spellingShingle Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran
Ab Latib, Hazirah
Lim, Choon Liat
Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza
Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
author_facet Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran
Ab Latib, Hazirah
Lim, Choon Liat
Farrokhpayam, Saeid Reza
author_sort Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran
title Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
title_short Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
title_full Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
title_fullStr Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia
title_sort comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in malaysia
publisher North Carolina State University
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100744/
https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/comparative-steam-bending-characteristics-of-some-planted-forest-wood-species-in-malaysia/
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