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Release Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 A newly formed cross-Tasman partnership between Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) and the New Zealand forestry industry will drive research into t…
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Most of the timber used in the Australian built environment is presently for low‐rise residential construction. This market share is under constant erosion from competitive systems; ther…
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The objective of this research was to determine if, after the application of conventional processing methods, there were differences in solid wood quality, recovery and board defects betw…
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FWPA
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Comparison of solid wood quality & mechanical properties of three species and nine provenances of 18-year old eucalypts grown in clearwood plantations across southwest Western Austr…
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The role of harvested wood products in the global carbon cycle has been considered in scientific analysis of greenhouse gas emissions for some time. This study aimed to develop improved esti…
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Assessing the ability of a large-scale fire test to predict the performance of wood poles exposed to severe bushfires and the ability of fire retardant treatments to reduce the loss of wood po…
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This study investigated the potential of microwave imaging and acoustic tomography to detect the presence and location of resin shakes and/or resin streaks in Slash pine billets. Two appro…
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Plated timber trusses are used in most Australian homes. They’re a reliable and cost-effective solution. However, problems with trusses were reported in 2002. In the decades since constru…