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Properties of multilayered sandwich panels with an agglomerated cork core for interior applications in buildings
Four types of sandwich panels with multilayered designs were produced using wood veneer of Aleppo pine as face and inner sheets, and cork agglomerate as core, intended for use in construction as panelling or p...
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Cork as a building material: a review
This review focuses on cork as a natural, renewable and sustainable construction raw-material. Cork has an unusual combination of properties making it suitable for application in buildings and infrastructures,...
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Circumferential variation of heartwood and stem quality in maritime pine stems
Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is an important timber and pulpwood species covering about 4 million ha in Portugal, Spain and France. This work studied the cross-sectional distribution of heartwood and sapw...
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Vessel size and number are contributors to define wood density in cork oak
Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) has a dense wood that allows high-quality uses. In the present work, we study the influence of vessel characteristics, measured through image analysis and optical microscopy, on wood d...
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Erratum to: Stem modeling and simulation of conversion of cork oak stems for quality wood products
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Stem modeling and simulation of conversion of cork oak stems for quality wood products
Recent research is underway to study cork oak (Quercus suber L.) wood potential for production of wood components. A total of 35 stems of young and mature cork oaks were sampled, live sawn into flitches, scanned ...
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Open AccessRadial variation of wood density components and ring width in cork oak trees
The radial variation of ring width and wood density was studied in cork oaks (Quercus suber) using microdensitometry. The observations were made in young never debarked cork oaks (30–40 years of age) and in matur...
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Simulated and realised industrial yields in sawing of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)
A sawing simulation software was evaluated by comparison with a real situation in the industrial sawing of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stems. At an operational sawmill sawing yields were measured for the ...
