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Load-bearing characteristics of heat-treated rubberwood furniture components and joints

Tragfähigkeit von Möbelelementen und -verbindungen aus hitzebehandeltem Gummibaumholz

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The load bearing characteristics of heat-treated rubberwood furniture components and joints were studied. It was found that heat-treated samples had significantly lower fatigue strength compared to the conventionally kiln-dried rubberwood samples, which were used as control specimens. Inevitably, the recommended allowable design stresses for heat-treated rubberwood furniture components and joints could be set at 40 and 25 % of the respective bending strengths, in order to ensure its compliance with furniture performance standards. These figures are much lower than the allowable design stresses for conventionally kiln dried components, reflecting the need for a lower safety margin when working with heat-treated materials.

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  1. Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    J. Ratnasingam

  2. Faculty of Technology, Buckinghamshire New University, Queen Alexandra Road, 11 2 JZ, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK

    Florin Ioras

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Ratnasingam, J., Ioras, F. Load-bearing characteristics of heat-treated rubberwood furniture components and joints. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 71, 287–289 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-013-0662-y

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