Abstract
dc:description.abstractDrying is one of the most critical process steps in converting trees to a marketable material for use in high value wood products. The primary reasons for drying wood are to prevent biological deterioration and to improve mechanical strength and dimensional stability. The purpose of this research study was to develop an approach to the control of drying red oak lumber that monitors acoustic emission as the basis for setting environmental conditions throughout the drying process. Northern red oak (Quercus sp.) was chosen for this study because it is one of the more difficult woods grown in the United States to dry without inducing defects. This study was limited to end drying of short lengths of full sized red oak lumber.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph. D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- doctoral
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Wood Science and Forest Products
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Wood Science and Forest Products
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1991
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Honeycutt, Robert Mahone
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
-
- Skaar, Christian
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
-
- Field, Paul E.
- Henneke, Edmund G. II
- Lamb, Fred M.
- Thomas, William C.
- Wengert, Eugene M.
- Ifju, Geza
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-10122005-134440
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39781