Main Research Activities
Carrying
Capacity of Wood Perpendicular to the Grain at different Layout of Shear- and Bending
Reinforcement.
High Performance
Glulam due to Mechanical Sorting and Transverse Layout of the Lamellas.
The Effect of
Forest Storage Conditions on Tensile Strength of Spruce Round Wood Boards.
Chemical
Modification of Wood and Wood Products to Improve Dimensional Stability of the End
Product.
Swelling and
Shrinking Properties of Compression Wood.
Rheological
Properties of Wood and Wood Products under Cyclic Climate Changes and Pressure
Perpendicular to Grain.
Protolytic
Reactions in Wood Exposed to Salts.
The Joint Technics
in Wood Constructions.
Support of
different Wood Industries in Development of New High Performance Products.
Wood Composites
based on Plywood.
Carrying Capacity
of Fitted Bolt Joints.
Performance
Improvement of Glulam due to Density Increase of the Lamellas.
The Possible Use of
Problem Wood Assortments (Low Performance Wood, Wood from Forest Clearings).
Crack-free
Seasoning of the Beech Wood.
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