Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Wood Processing
Navi, Parvis (EPFL, Lausanne and Bern University of Applied Science, Biel, Switzerland) / Sandberg, Dick (Chaired Professor of Wood Science & Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden)
Describing the history and state-of-the-art of the thermo-hydrous manipulation of wood, this book provides either a desk reference or a field manual of wood science. It examines the polymeric components of wood and its multilevel hierarchical structure that confer its unique general-purpose character and faculty for transformation. Exceeding all other material in its capacity to deform under controlled conditions and for a proscribed outcome, ...