Preliminary Results of Promising new Structural Sandwich Wood Panels for Floors and Other Applications

Authors

  • Evangelos J. Biblis
  • Yen-Ming Chiu

Abstract

Very promising results of preliminary tests that concern the mechanical behavior of new structural sandwich wood panels for house floors are presented. It is of great significance that manufacture and utilization of such sandwich wood panels would contribute directly to conservation of our national forest resources through more efficient wood utilization. For cores, wood of lower quality, species of less commercial demand, and wood residue from other wood industries are utilized. Of equal importance is the fact that cost in place of these sandwich panels for house floors is expected to be considerably lower than cost of floors currently used.

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2007-06-05

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Number 3 / Fall 1972

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Research Contributions

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