Characterisation of thermally treated beech and birch by means of quasi-static tests and ultrasonic waves.

ABSTRACT: Wood, being renewable and highly abundant material, with excellent high specific strength and stiffness, has received increasing attention to be used in high performance applications such as the structural element of a battery case in an electric vehicle. For a successful implementation of wood in the automotive sector, it is, therefore, crucial to understand the behaviour of wood during and after temperature exposure and in the event of fire with the presence/absence of oxygen. In this study, the mechanical properties of thermally modified and unmodified European beech and birch in air and nitrogen environments at six different treatment intensities were characterised using compression tests, tensile tests, shear tests and Poisson's ratio tests. Further, the elastic properties of these wo

SUBMITTER: Al-Musawi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature