Timber is probably man's oldest building material, with a huge variety of form, and it remains an important material both in domestic and commercial construction. This manual provides a step-by-step approach to the detailing of timber, and deals with codes of practice from the UK, Europe, America and Russia.
Offers an overview of the forestry, wood preserving, pulp and paper industries and identifies the key environmental aspects, supported by case studies of major incidents. This handbook provides general explanations of the major unit operations and processes in pulp and paper mills and wood treating plants, covering various trends.
This authoritative and hugely popular reference book contains almost 300 colour illustrations showing the natural grain and colour of wood, along with data that includes distribution, properties and uses of more than 300 timbers from world-wide sources.
Wood utilisation research and product development spans a broad spectrum of activities. These activities fall into five categories: harvesting, wood properties, manufacturing and processing, products and testing, and economics and marketing. This book deals with the US federal input in this field.
Describes cork as a natural product, as an industrial raw-materials, and as a wine bottle closure. This book presents a compilation of scientific knowledge on cork production and use. Covering topics ranging from cork formation to post-harvest procedures, it explains the physical properties, mechanical properties and quality of cork.
Diagnostically illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs, this book introduces dicotyledon wood in terms of cell types and their variations, pertinent literature, taxonomic distribution of features, terminology, and methods for preparation. It serves interests ranging from identification and systematics to evolution and physiology.
This text examines the relationship between the performance of timber and its structure. It explains a wide range of timbers physical and mechanical behaviour (including processing) in terms of its basic structure and its complex interaction with moisture.
Father and son lumberjacks Stephen and Frank Philbrick have enjoyed the destruction of felling, bucking, and splitting timber for hundreds of cords of firewood. Together they bring practical instruction and first-hand advice based on the quantity of wood to be cut and the amount of time to be spent on the job.
Presents the history of logging in British Columbia's interior. This title documents the characters, companies and innovations that have helped make BC a world leader in the forest products industry. It includes over 200 historical photographs and oral histories from the loggers, mill-workers and policy-makers who made the industry what it is.
Profiles 90 African woods including a full-color photograph of each wood's grain and pattern, a list of botanical, commercial and vernacular names, a map indicating the tree's habitat in Africa, and descriptive text about the tree itself, the qualities of its wood such as density, bending strength, durability, shrinkage, and its.