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Effects of humidity changes on damping and stress relaxation in wood

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Mechanical damping (tan δ) and stress relaxation on pine veneer samples under stepwise humidity changes were investigated. The loss factor shows a transient peak every time the relative humidity (RH) of the surrounding atmosphere is changed. The effect appears to be associated with the diffusion of water molecules into or out of the material, the peaks being observed both when the sample is humidified (5%–85% RH) or subjected to drying. The results are supplemented by stress relaxation data obtained on similar specimens. Also in this case a higher relaxation rate is observed when the RH level around the sample is changed, the total stress decrease after several cycles being significantly larger than the corresponding value observed after the same period at the higher RH level.

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  1. Department of Polymeric Materials, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden

    P. R. Ebrahimzadeh

  2. Department of Wood Technology and Processing, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

    D. G. Kubát

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Ebrahimzadeh, P.R., Kubát, D.G. Effects of humidity changes on damping and stress relaxation in wood. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 5668–5674 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367845

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