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Wood
An investigation into the epistemology of manhood - defining an idealized man in the age of late capitalism.
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Proton magnetic resonance of wood and water in wood
… NMR ) was used to investigate protons in solid wood and compartmentalized water in the wood cell walls and lumens. A lineshape second moment study found the second moment of protons in oven dry wood to be about 23% lower than the rigid lattice calculation, indicating a rigid structure with some …
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Wood deck bridges-stress laminated wood panels on steel beams
The objective of this project was to simulate a stress laminated timber bridge deck model stiffened with wide flange steel stringers for performance monitoring. The simulation accounted for typical HS-20 repetitive loadings offered by a mechanically controlled actuator.;Based on the results …
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Rapid pyrolysis of sweet gum wood and milled wood lignin
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1982.
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Timber joinery in modern construction: Mechanical behavior of wood-wood connections
Timber joinery is a method of geometrically interlocking timber elements prevalent in historic cultures around the world, including North America, Europe, and East Asia. The use of joinery as structural connections faded with the development of metallic screws and nails. Two recent developments …
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Strength characterization of wood to wood connections using stress field analysis
… current practice favors steel connections for wood structures. Wood to wood connections offer a solution to the minimization of steel connections. While some wood-only connections are referenced in timber codes, small modifications to these designs as well as a multitude of other possible …
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Moisture-Cure Polyurethane Wood Adhesives: Wood/Adhesive Interactions and Weather Durability
… subjects of moisture-cure polyurethane (PUR) wood adhesives: wood/PUR interactions and structure-property behavior emphasizing on weather durability. For these purposes, one simplified model PUR (MPUR) and three more commercially significant PURs (CPURs) with different hard segment contents …
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An Investigation of Wood and Wood Packaging Waste in the United States
Each year a large number of wooden pallets are manufactured, recycled, and disposed of during the transportation of goods throughout the United States. The production of these pallets consumes a significant amount of wood and a large number of pallets also end up in landfills at the end of their …
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Hydrochar Enhanced Wood Pellets
… to design a process to manufacture industrial wood pellets with superior handling capabilities to traditional wood pellets without sacrificing the energy density of the pellets and conforming to standards. In the design of the process, the objectives were to minimize cost, environmental …
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Diversity of yeasts associated with wood and the gut of wood-feeding insects
… In general passalid beetles (Passalidae) and wood-roaches (Cryptocercidae) feed on rotted wood where they spend most of their lives. Digestion of the substrate depends on the symbiotic microbiota, which include strict and facultative anaerobic microorganisms such as bacteria, parabasalids, and …
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A microcomputer program to analyze wood supply and economic feasibility of wood processing facilities
Two programs, HAPWED (Hardwoods And Potential Wood-using Enterprises Database) and FIST (Facility Investment Spreadsheet Template) were developed. HAPWED is designed to analyze the feasibility of investments in wood processing facilities with respect to the economic supply of timber. The program …
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Binders for Cedar Wood Sawdust
No abstract prepared.
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Wood, the Process, and Me
This paper provides an overview of my personal relationship with trees and tree-related materials that I collect, conserve and transform. The focus of the paper, which is a support to the thesis exhibition, is on the process of making sculptures which are part of the thesis exhibition. The …
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Amos Alonza Stagg in wood
… to the material. The medium used is Jarrah wood. It is hard enough to suggest strength, red enough to imply warmth, and yet soft enough to be in sympathy with the generosity of the man portrayed. Stone is cold. It would be more suitable to a portraiture of a Rockefeller, certainly not a …
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