What to Do with Structurally Low-Grade Wood from Australia’s Plantation Eucalyptus; Building Application?
| Autor: | Gregory Nolan, N Kotlarewski, Hui Jiao, Mohammad Derikvand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Engineering Environmental Engineering Resource (biology) lcsh:Biotechnology 0211 other engineering and technologies Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology Raw material 01 natural sciences Native forest lcsh:TP248.13-248.65 021105 building & construction Hardwood Timber building Waste Management and Disposal Structurally low-grade wood Building construction Eucalyptus business.industry Agroforestry Plantation hardwood Pulp and paper industry business 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | BioResources, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 4-7 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1930-2126 |
| DOI: | 10.15376/biores.12.1.4-7 |
| Popis: | About one million hectares of plantation hardwoods, mostly eucalyptus trees of different sub-species (E. nitens and E. globulus), are annually being managed in Australia, which provides a promising resource of raw materials for fibre industries. However, the timber boards required by the Australian hardwood sector are still being either imported from other countries or harvested from the native forests. There is a need to find a practical way to use the plantation eucalyptus in the Australian timber industry. However, the fibre-managed plantation eucalyptus produces structurally low-grade timber which could not be used as individual boards for structural applications—such as building construction. Unsuitable for appearance applications, the structurally low-grade boards may be suitable for producing innovative high-mass engineered timber products. This editorial will briefly discuss drivers, opportunities, and challenges associated with conducting such a research project. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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