Explanation of Longitudinal Shrinkage of Wood Based on Interconnected Chain-Molecule Concept of Cell-Wall Structure

1 November 1947

journal article
research article
Published by ASME International in Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Vol. 69 (8) , 931-935
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4017598

Abstract

This paper demonstrates that the following four factors exert a significant influence on the longitudinal shrinkage-moisture content relationship of wood: (a) The interconnection of chain molecules; (b) fibril angle; (c) the cellulose chain-molecule length; (d) the microcapillary width. A mathematical demonstration is given to check the validity of the shrinkage theory advanced.

Keywords

WOOD
LONGITUDINAL SHRINKAGE
STRUCTURE
INTERCONNECTION
MATHEMATICAL
CELLULOSE
EXPLANATION
WIDTH
MICROCAPILLARY

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