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Wood Deterioration, Protection and Maintenance - by Ladislav Reinprecht (Hardcover)

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  • About the Author: THE AUTHOR Prof. Ing.
  • 384 Pages
  • Technology, Construction

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WOOD DETERIORATION, PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE

Wood has low embodied energy, is a renewable resource and can perform extremely well in a range of construction applications, so it is not surprising that there is growing interest in the use of wood in new buildings. As a natural material, wood can be subject to degradation by a range of environmental factors, insects, bacteria or fungi. Advances in the understanding of the degradation processes caused by these factors, as well as increased knowledge about boundary environmental conditions and the extractives that suppress the development of timber pests, have led to new methods of structural, physical and chemical protection of wood and wooden composites. The result is that wood can deliver high-performance, long-life buildings and structures with low environmental impact at relatively modest cost.

Wood Deterioration, Protection and Maintenance provides an up-to-date discussion of the natural durability of wood, wood degradation processes, and methods of structural, physical and chemical protection of wood. The important information relating to wood degradation by abiotic and biotic agents in the context of the basic structure of wood is fully discussed, showing how structural changes in damaged wood relate to physical and mechanical properties. Modern active substances in wood protection and the relationships between preservative properties, the anatomical structure and moisture content of wood, and protective processes involving pressure and/or diffusion driving forces are fully illustrated. Mentioned also are principles of wood maintenance, together with modes of damaged wood identification, sterilization and reconstruction.

OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST

Wood Modification: Chemical, Thermal and Other Processes
Callum A. S. Hill
Hardback ISBN 9780470021729
January 2006, Wiley

Wood in Construction: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes
Jim Coulson
Paperback ISBN 9780470657775
March 2012, Wiley Blackwell

Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5, 2nd Edition
Jack Porteous, Abdy Kermani
Paperback ISBN 9780470675007
May 2013, Wiley Blackwell



About the Author



THE AUTHOR

Prof. Ing. Ladislav Reinprecht is a wood protection specialist at the Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Zvolen, Slovak Republic. He holds an MSc in Organic Chemistry from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava and a PhD in Wood Technology from the Technical University of Zvolen.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.7 Inches (H) x 6.8 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Technology
Sub-Genre: Construction
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover
Author: Ladislav Reinprecht
Language: English
Street Date: October 17, 2016
TCIN: 88485167
UPC: 9781119106531
Item Number (DPCI): 247-30-0559
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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