Effect of Compression Ratio on the Recovery Rate and Mechanical Properties of Chinese Fir Heartwood
1.Research Institute of Wood Industry,Chinese Academy of Forestry;Key Lab of Wood Science and Technology of National Forestry and Grassland Administration,Beijing 100091,China
ZHAO Liyuan,HUANG Rongfeng,WANG Yanwei,et al.Effect of Compression Ratio on the Recovery Rate and Mechanical Properties of Chinese Fir Heartwood[J].Chinese Journal of Wood Science and Technology,2025,39(04):40-49. DOI: 10.12326/j.2096-9694.2025062.
Effect of Compression Ratio on the Recovery Rate and Mechanical Properties of Chinese Fir Heartwood
the compression deformation in the heartwood of Chinese fir was stabilized through heat treatment using a steam-air mixed medium with pressure. The effect of the compression ratio on wood density distribution
set recovery
and mechanical properties were studied. The results showed that both early wood and late wood were compressed at compression ratio of 40%. As the compression ratio increased
the wood's density also increased
while the internal density distribution became more consistent. With the heat treatment of steam-air at medium pressure
the hygroscopic/water absorption set recovery of Chinese fir at different compression ratios were reduced to 0%~0.63%. Under conditions including air-dried
high-humidity
and water absorption
there was almost no recovery occurred. With the increased compression ratio and density
the wood's hardness
bending strength (MOR
MOE)
and compression strength perpendicular to grain continuously increased. There was a highly significant quadratic functional relationship between wood density and hardness. Meanwhile
there were extremely significant linear relationship between wood density and MOR
MOE
as well as compression strength perpendicular to grain
with the correlation coefficient being greater than 0.938. During radial loading under compression perpendicular to grain
typical stress-strain characteristics were not observed. At a compression ratio of 40%
the compressive strength perpendicular to grain under tangential loading increased by approximately 50%
however there was almost no increase under radial loading. When the compression ratio reached at least 45%
the compressive strength perpendicular to grain under both tangential and radial loading were almost the same. At a compression ratio of 65%
the compressive strength perpendicular to grain under both tangential and radial loading reached four times more than those of the control wood.
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