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This project aimed to improve the durability of ash eucalypts as window joinery through preservative treatment, by demonstrating improved performance compared to untreated windows, and…
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Combining fire retardant & preservative systems for timber products in exposed applications – state of the art review. This review aimed to identify fire retardants that may be c…
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This project investigated ways of breeding radiata pine to improve solid wood stiffness through changes in microfibril angle (MfA). Earlier work suggests that wood stiffness depends on mi…
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This project examined the economic impact of bushfires on the community over the 36 years to publication. In 2004 values fires caused $1059 million damage during that time. However when comp…
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This project determined the bending strength, tension strength, shear strength and bending stiffness of Australian manufactured GL13 softwood glulam and assessed its characteristic va…
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) were in a position to shed light on the problem of major structural damage from termites in data gathered in its “Australian Housing Survey” conduc…
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Sawing Regrowth & Plantation Hardwoods with Particular Reference to Growth Stresses Part A Literature Review. Problems associated with severe growth stresses in regrowth and planta…
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An Investigation of a Power Assisted Tool (Electrocoup Maxicoup) for Low Pruning of Australian Plantations Part A Literature Review. This report examined the techniques and tools used to p…