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Reliability of wood adhesive bonds in a 50 year old glider construction

Bewertung der Betriebssicherheit von Holzverklebungen in einem 50 Jahre alten Segelflugzeug

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In the present study 50 year old urea formaldehyde bonds of a glider structure were tested. Based on the tensile shear strength of lap joint specimens it was concluded that bonds with solid wood as adherent are rated as not reliable any more.

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  1. Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, BOKU—University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Johannes Konnerth, Wolfgang Gindl & Christoph Buksnowitz

  2. Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, St.-Peter-Str. 25, 4021, Linz, Austria

    Ulrich Müller

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Konnerth, J., Müller, U., Gindl, W. et al. Reliability of wood adhesive bonds in a 50 year old glider construction. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 70, 381–384 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-011-0536-0

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