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Effects of temperature-induced strain on creep behavior of wood–plastic composites

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To investigate the effect of fluctuating temperatures on the creep strain of wood–plastic composites, a full-scale, long-term creep test was conducted in an unconditioned environment. However, the effect of elevating temperature caused unexpected additional increases in strain. In this study, the previously developed stress–temperature incorporated creep model and the proposed temperature-induced strain superposition method were employed in combination. The temperature-induced additional strain was successfully simulated, indicating that the creep test under an ambient environment could successfully simulate long-term creep with increasing temperatures. This approach and the concept can be applied to comparable future studies.

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Authors acknowledge Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., British Columbia, Canada, for providing financial support to this study.

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  1. School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, #1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Feng-Cheng Chang

  2. Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z4, Canada

    Frank Lam

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Chang, FC., Lam, F. Effects of temperature-induced strain on creep behavior of wood–plastic composites. Wood Sci Technol 52, 1213–1227 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-018-1033-y

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