Year: 2005
Type: preprint
Abstract: The generation mechanism of growth strains is investigated theoretically by developing an elastic analysis of a wood cell viewed as a composite tube, with layers composed of a ligno-cellulosic material of varying composition and microfibrillar orientation. For each layer, the kinetics of induced strain is assumed synchronous with that of rigidification. In this case, variations of polymer behaviour concomitant with orientation must be invoked to account for observed variations of the growth strain.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil, Nagoya University
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1645868138