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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 507-518 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Wood science and technology |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 3 Apr 2008 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2008 |
Abstract
Scots pine sapwood (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Douglas fir heartwood (Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco) specimens were exposed in double layer field trials at 23 different European test sites under different exposure conditions (in total 27 test sets). The material climate in terms of wood moisture content (MC) and wood temperature was automatically monitored over a period of up to 7 years and compared with the progress of decay. The overall aim of this study was to establish dose-response relationships between climate factors and decay as a basis for the service life prediction of wood. The "Scheffer Climate Index" based on weather data collected at official meteorological stations at the different test sites poorly correlated with the corresponding decay progress and was therefore not a suitable tool for estimating site-specific decay potential. In contrast, the use of the combined material climatic parameters MC and wood temperature led to a feasible dose-response function and turned out to be a useful basis for service life prediction of wood.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Forestry
- Materials Science(all)
- General Materials Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Plant Science
- Engineering(all)
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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T1 - Dose-response relationships between wood moisture content, wood temperature and fungal decay determined for 23 European field test sites
AU - Brischke, Christian
AU - Rapp, Andreas Otto
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N2 - Scots pine sapwood (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Douglas fir heartwood (Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco) specimens were exposed in double layer field trials at 23 different European test sites under different exposure conditions (in total 27 test sets). The material climate in terms of wood moisture content (MC) and wood temperature was automatically monitored over a period of up to 7 years and compared with the progress of decay. The overall aim of this study was to establish dose-response relationships between climate factors and decay as a basis for the service life prediction of wood. The "Scheffer Climate Index" based on weather data collected at official meteorological stations at the different test sites poorly correlated with the corresponding decay progress and was therefore not a suitable tool for estimating site-specific decay potential. In contrast, the use of the combined material climatic parameters MC and wood temperature led to a feasible dose-response function and turned out to be a useful basis for service life prediction of wood.
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