See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.

net/publication/288344847

Thermal Conductivity Coefficient as a Predictor of Wood Strength

Conference Paper · January 2011

CITATIONS READS

0 11

4 authors, including:

Turker Dundar Nusret As

Istanbul University Istanbul University
41 PUBLICATIONS   329 CITATIONS    63 PUBLICATIONS   184 CITATIONS   

SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE

Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:

Determination of micro-mechanical properties of some wood species grown in Turkey and relationship with the value of
standard dimensions samples View project

13th IUFRO International Wood Drying Conference – İstanbul 2017 View project

All content following this page was uploaded by Nusret As on 27 December 2015.

The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.

Thermal Conductivity Coefficient as
a Predictor of Wood Strength
Türker Dündar, Şeref Kurt,
Nusret As, Burhanettin Uysal

17TH INTERNATIONAL NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING

AND EVALUATION OF WOOD SYMPOSIUM
SOPRON,2011
 BACKGROUND

«The nondestructive
methods are based on the • Density
assumption that some • Electrical properties
simple physical properties • Acoustic properties
can be used to give a • Thermal properties
reasonably good indication
of the characteristics that
determine such quality»
 Thermography
• Thermal imaging methods
has been adapted in
wood for various
purposes, especially
detection of defects.
• These techniques utilize
the propagation of
thermal waves in wood
that depends on the
frequency, thermal
conductivity, density and
the specific heat of wood
 Thermal Conductivity
• Thermal conductivity is expressed by the
coefficient of thermal conductivity (k).

Q.d  kcal 
k
A.z.(t 2  t1)  m.h.C 
 Basic Idea
• When heat is applied to a body, the vibratory energy of
its molecules in that vicinity is increased.
• Due to the connections between atoms, the
displacement of one or more atoms from their
equilibrium positions will give rise to a set of vibration
waves propagating through the lattice and heat
transfer in a dielectric solid occurs through elastic
vibrations of the lattice.
• Thus, there might be a relation between the elastic
properties of solid and its thermal conductivity.
 Thermal Properties-Wood Quality
Relation?

• There is no any information about the

relationship between the thermal properties
and the static elasticity and strength
properties of wood
 Jayne’s Hypotesis
• Jayne (1959) proposed in his well-known
hypothesis for NDE of wood-based materials
that «energy storage and dissipation
properties of wood-based materials are
controlled by the same mechanisms that
determine static behavior of such materials».
Thus, useful mathematical relationships can
be achieved between thermal conductivity
and static elasticity and strength behavior
through statistical regression analysis.
 OBJECTIVE
• The objective of this study is to determine if
the thermal conductivity of wood can be used
to evaluate its elasticity and strength
properties.
 WOOD MATERIALS
• Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis), fir (Abies
nordmanniana) and black pine (Pinus nigra)
timbers
• Twenty clear (free from defects) timber pieces
with a dimension of 20×50×360 mm³ from
each tree species
• The samples were conditioned at 20±2°C and
65±3% relative humidity until they reached
their constant weights
 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
MEASUREMENTS

• ASTM C 1113-99 hot-wire

method
• QTM 500 device
• Measurement range:
0.0116–6 W/m K
• Measurement direction;
longitudinal
 DENSITY and MECHANICAL
PROPERTIES

Density : ISO 3131 (1975)

Modulus of Rupture : ISO 3133 (1975)
Modulus of Elasticity : ISO 3349 (1975)
Impact Bending Strength : ISO 3348 (1975)
Compression Strength
Parallel to the Fiber : ISO 3787 (1976)
RESULTS and DISCUSSIONS
Properties Beech Fir Scots Pine

Number of Sample 20 20 20
Thermal Conductivity
Coefficient 0.142 (3.3)* 0.095 (2.8) 0.113 (2.0)
(kcal/mh°C)

Specific Gravity 0.648 (3.2) 0.388 (4.5) 0.505 (2.6)

Modulus of Rupture
132.0 (2.0) 59.0 (3.4) 72.2 (2.0)
(MPa)
Modulus of Elasticity
12.4 (5.4) 7.4 (13.3) 10.4 (4.2)
(GPa)

Impact Bending Strength

8.2 (5.7) 3.4 (12.2) 4.0 (7.4)
(J/cm²)

Compression Strength
21.3 (8.5) 12.8 (7.3) 16.9 (6.1)
(MPa)
*Numbers in parenthesis are coefficient of variation (%).
Beech Fir Scots pine
 CONCLUSIONS
• There were good correlations between TCC
parallel to the fiber and the specific gravity and
the strength properties of all studied tree species
except compression strength
• The relationships between TCC and MOR were
more significant than the other strength values
• TCC parallel to the fiber can be used as a good
predictor of wood strength
• Further investigations are needed.
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
View publication stats