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Multiple mechanisms behind plant bending
To survive, plants constantly adapt their body shape to their environment. This often involves remarkably rapid bending of their organs such as...
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Analysis of the density profile and bending properties of commercial particleboard
This study comprehensively analyzed the bending properties of three types of commercial three-layer particleboards (Boards A, B, and C) to understand...
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Responses of wood formation to bending: a matter of dose and sensitivity adjustments
Key messageRepeated bending stimulations applied on poplar stem drives wood formation toward egg-shaped cross sections, thicker fiber cell walls and...
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Bending responses of self-sha** wood bilayers: comparison between adsorption and desorption processes
Inspired by biological materials, the self-sha** wood composites induced by relative humidity (RH) have been investigated over the last decade. In...
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Size effects on the bending strength of Chinese larch pine laminated veneer lumber
Owing to the excellent strength-to-weight ratios, Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) becomes one of the favorable building materials for timber...
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Bending fatigue performance of L-shaped stapled one-side two-gusset-plate upholstered furniture joints in oriented strandboard
The stapled, one-side, two-gusset-plate system is a standard method for joining two structural members such as front stump and front rail in...
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A rolling shear analysis-based method for determining the apparent stiffness and bending capacity of CLT panel under out-of-plane load
Most of the currently employed methods, such as Gamma method and shear analogy method, to estimate the bending stiffness and bending capacity of...
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Protein content and antioxidant enzymes activity in reaction wood of poplar and their response to different levels of sustained bending stress
The histogenesis of reaction wood in woody plants is a promising area of exploration for emerging wood technology products and for a generalized...
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Study on the four-point bending beam method to improve the testing accuracy for the elastic constants of wood
Using the static analysis of ANSYS 19, longitudinal, radial, and tangential beam specimens of spruce, Scots pine, and beech were subjected to stress...
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Viscoelastic creep in bending of olive wood (Olea Europea L.)
The present work is the subject of an identification of the viscoelastic behavior of olive wood in creep. Creep bending tests are applied to a...
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Effect of moisture content, heating time and temperature on the bending mechanical properties of Phyllostachys iridescens
Round bamboo is easy to be bent at high temperature. However, there’s a dearth research on bending properties of round bamboo in heating state. In...
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Relationships between stiffness of material, lamellas and CLT elements with respect to out of plane bending and rolling shear
The use of cross laminated timber (CLT) for construction has increased greatly in recent years and the large volumes of wood used for CLT means that...
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Automated recognition and analysis of body bending behavior in C. elegans
BackgroundLocomotion behaviors of Caenorhabditis elegans play an important role in drug activity screening, anti-aging research, and toxicological...
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Investigating the role of Ethephon in the stem-bending mechanism and petal senescence of two different gerbera flowers
We investigated whether ethylene is involved in the stem-bending mechanism of the two different gerberas [long-lived cultivar ‘Mary Queen’ and...
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Comparing structural models of linear elastic responses to bending in inosculated joints
Key messageMechanical models of inosculations benefit from moderate geometric detail and characterisation of the structurally optimised area of...
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Characterizing the effects of different chemicals on stem bending of cut snapdragon flower
BackgroundThis study investigated the effects of ethylene release compounds (ethephon), ethylene-action inhibitors (silver thiosulfate: STS), and...
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The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine
The correct characterisation of wood properties is fundamental for the best utilisation of resources. In Europe, grading is defined by strength...
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High-Resolution Kinematic Analysis of Root Gravitropic Bending Using RootPlot
Root gravitropic bending is a complex growth process resulting from differential expansion of cells on the upper and lower sides of a gravistimulated...
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Measuring elastic constants of wood through static bending using a strain gauge
Wood has important engineering applications. However, some important parameters required in numerical simulations or engineering calculations,...
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Cost optimization of cross-laminated timber panels in one-way bending
For the purposes of structural design, cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels are typically chosen from tables detailing standardized layups. While this...
