Wood-polymer Composites - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845692721 ISBN 13 : 9781845692728

Editeur : Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Wood-polymer composites are becoming more accepted in advanced engineering applications. The latest generation of wood-polymer composites are being used in automotive, civil and marine engineering. Advances in durability, mechanical properties and materials used in their production have allowed a significant increase in their use in outdoor applications such as decking, fencing, utility poles and exterior woodwork on buildings. Wood-polymer composites also benefit from being more sustainable than other, traditional, composites and possess a consistency in quality that cannot be achieved by wood alone. This innovative book provides a comprehensive survey on major new developments in wood-polymer composites and presents current research from leading innovators around the world.

Key Features: provides a comprehensive survey of major new developments in wood-polymer composites; reviews the key aspects of manufacture, including raw materials and manufacturing technologies; discusses properties such as durability, creep behaviour and processing performance; concludes by looking at ways of assessing performance and at the range of current and future applications.

Contents: Raw materials for wood-polymer composites; Additives for wood-polymer composites; Interactions between wood and synthetic polymers; Manufacturing technologies for wood-polymer composites; Mechanical properties of wood-polymer composites; Micromechanical modelling of wood-polymer composites; Outdoor durability of wood-polymer composites; Creep behaviour and damage of wood-polymer composites; Processing performance of extruded wood-polymer composites; Oriented wood-polymer composites and related materials; Wood-polymer composite foams; Performance measurement and construction applications of wood-polymer composites; Life cycle assessment (LCA) of wood-polymer composites: A case-study; Market and future trends for wood-polymer composites in Europe: The example of Germany; Improving wood-polymer composite products: A case study.

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À propos de l'auteur

Professor Kristiina Oksman Niska works in the Division of Manufacturing and Design of Wood and Bionanocomposites, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Professor Mohini Sain works in the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada. Both are internationally-known for their research on wood-polymer composites.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845692721
• ISBN 13: 9781845692728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Niska K O, Sain M.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible