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ArticlePolymers2022

Anisotropic Tensile Characterisation of

Xudong Chen, Yingyao Cheng, Andrew Chan, Damien Holloway, Gregory Nolan

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xudong ChenSchool of Civil Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215011, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4778-7683
Yingyao ChengSchool of Engineering, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8887-1772
Andrew ChanSchool of Engineering, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.
Damien HollowaySchool of Engineering, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9537-2744
Gregory NolanAustralian Research Council, Centre for Forest Value, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.

Funding

Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province of China and Tasmania Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Tasmania, Australia, with additional support from the Australian Research Council, Centre for Forest Value, University of Tasmania, TAS, Australia IC150100004
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Abstract

Plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens (E. nitens) has been grown predominantly for the pulp and paper industry. In this study, the suitability of E. nitens as a structural material is examined using static tensile tests in a universal testing machine. The anisotropic tensile behaviour of 240 Eucalyptus nitens small clear wood samples with a diversity of grain angles was examined in both dry and wet conditions. The samples had a highly anisotropic tensile characterisation in the context of both a low moisture content (MC = 12%) and a high moisture content (MC > its fibre saturation point, FSP). The results showed that, in a high moisture content condition, the wood showed a lower failure strength and more ductility at all grain angles than in a low moisture content condition. The underlying failure mechanism of Eucalyptusnitens timber in tension was determined in detail from the perspective of the microstructure of wood cellulose polymer composites. The mean tensile failure strengths perpendicular and parallel to the fibre direction were, respectively, 5.6 and 91.6 MPa for the low MC and 3.8 and 62.1 MPa for the high MC condition. This research provides a basis for using E. nitens as a potential structural tensile member. The moisture modification factors of Eucalyptus timber at a mean level are higher than those of the traditional construction material, Pinus radiata, implying that E. nitens is promising as a material to be used for tensile members in water saturated conditions.

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eucalyptusfailure envelopefibre saturation pointtensionwood anisotropy

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PMID35745965
PMCPMC9228784

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