Theoretical Explanation of The Mechano-sorptive Effect in Wood
Keywords:
Wood, timber, moisture changes, mechano-sorptive effect, visco-hydro-elasticityAbstract
It is possible to explain the so called mechano-sorptive effect that occurs in wood by moisture cycling by an earlier derived general deformation kinetics model, as a bond breaking process of secondary bonds, causing internal shifts of adjacent layers with respect to each other, due to sorption.References
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