Aging effects on physical and mechanical properties of spruce, fir and oak wood

Sonderegger, Walter; Kranitz, Katalin; Bues, Claus-Thomas; Niemz, Peter (2015). Aging effects on physical and mechanical properties of spruce, fir and oak wood Journal of Cultural Heritage, 16(6), pp. 883-889. Elsevier Masson SAS 10.1016/j.culher.2015.02.002

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Various aspects of natural aging on wood, such as the physical and mechanical property changes as well as colour changes, were investigated on wood of Norway spruce, silver fir and European oak. Thereby, aged wood from several historical or old, deconstructed buildings were compared with recent wood samples. It could be shown that aging modifies wood colour and causes a reduction of impact bending strength, whereas sorption and swelling as well as bending and fracture toughness do not, or only partly, show a modification over extended time.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering > Institute for Materials and Wood Technology BFH Centres and strategic thematic fields > BFH Centre for Wood - Resource and Material
Name:	Sonderegger, Walter; Kranitz, Katalin; Bues, Claus-Thomas and Niemz, Peter
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
ISSN:	1296-2074
Publisher:	Elsevier Masson SAS
Submitter:	Christelle Ganne-Chédeville
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2020 11:20
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2021 02:18
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.culher.2015.02.002
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aging Colour change Fir Mechanical properties Oak Sorption Spruce Swelling
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/11296