EXPERIMENTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINDINGS OF RHEOLOGICAL WOOD PROPERTIES
Main researcher
: TAKAČ, STJEPAN (86474) Assistants
Type of research: basic Duration from: 01/15/91. to 12/31/94. Papers on project (total): 4
Institution name: Graševinski fakultet, Osijek (149) Department/Institute: DEPARTMENT OF WODEN CONSTRUCTIONS Address: DRINSKA 16A City: 31000 - Osijek, Croatia
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Summary: THE GOAL OF THE RESEARCH ISCONTRIBUTION TO THE FINDINGS
OFRHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE WOOD. GREAT DEMANDS FOR RACIONALUSING OF
WOOD FIND THEIR ANSWER IN DOMAIN OF RHEOLOGICALPHENOMENS. MATHEMATICAL
PRESENTATION OF CREEP OF THE WOOD THROUGHTHE CERTAIN PERIOID OF TIME IS
DEFINED BY RHEOLOGICAL MODELS OFWOOD. RHEOLOGICAL MODELS ARE OPERATED,
BESIDE OTHERS, BYCOEFFICIENTS OF VISCOSITY WHICH DEPEND ON NUMEROUS
FACTORS, SUCHAS TEMPERATURE OF WOOD, HUMIDITY OF WOOD, ETC. IN THE
RESEARCHWILL BE GIVEN CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINDINGS OF DEFORMATION SHAPEOF
LAMINATED WOOD UNDER SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM LOAD.CONTRIBUTION TO THE
ESTABLISHING COEFFICIENTS OF VISCOSITY OF THEWOOD AND VARIOUS FACTORS WILL
BE GIVEN.
Keywords: WOOD, RHEOLOGY
Research goals: RHEOLOGY IS NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE WHICH
RESEARCHES CREEP PROBLEMS AND MATERIAL DEFORMATIONS WHICH ASSUMES
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS IN ELASTIC AND PLASTIC AREA.
EXPERIMENTS SO FAR SHOWN GREAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BEHAVIOR OF THE WOOD
UNDER LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM LOAD. THE GOAL OF THE RESEARCH IS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINDINGS OF THESE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE WOOD.
ESTABLISHING THE COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY OF LAMINATED WOOD IS EXPECTED.