Creep of Composite Wooden Elements Subjected to Bending
2011
Andris Baikovs

Defending
11.11.2011. 14:30, Būvniecības fakultātē, Āzenes ielā 16, sēžu zālē

Supervisor
Kārlis Rocēns

Reviewers
Henn Tuherm, Ivars Knēts, Ainārs Paeglītis

Currently, boards made from wood slivers, wood fiber or wood chips are widely used in low-rise construction. In the manufacturing of such materials low-value wood and wood industry residues can be widely used, thus supporting a green or sustainable construction which is based on maximum possible nature-friendly living environment creation. One of the basic principles of green building is to use building materials derived from renewable resources such as timber, as well as re-processed non-renewable resources - plastics. Wood as a building material is an environmentally beneficial choice from life-cycle perspective, because ecologists believe that one of the greatest threats to modern society is climate change caused by gases such as carbon dioxide CO2, which contribute the greenhouse effect; while the wood products and wood building stores a carbon dioxide in the long-term – by using the parts of pulled down wood building components for energy production, climate-affecting gas volume can be reduced significantly as it replaces fossil fuels such as oil exploitation.


Keywords
composite wooden elements

Baikovs, Andris. Creep of Composite Wooden Elements Subjected to Bending. PhD Thesis. Rīga: [RTU], 2011. 110 p.

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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