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Engineered Wood Products: Fabrication, Characterization, Simulation and Applications
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Engineered Wood Products: Fabrication, Characterization, Simulation and Applications

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 December 2022) | Viewed by 4769

Special Issue Editor

Dr. André Luís Christóforo

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Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil
Interests: particleboard; fiberboard; oriented strand board; plywood; glued laminated timber; cross-laminated timber
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Wood, as a material from a natural and renewable source, and due to its low specific weight combined with high mechanical strength, has been applied for various purposes from its original form (solid wood), as well as in the form of engineered products, such as is the case of panels (particle, oriented strands, fibers, veneers, etc.), glued laminated timber, cross laminated timber, among others, solutions that have motivated the development of research with the purpose of better understanding the properties of the manufactured products, as well as to evaluate (experimentally and numerically) their physical and mechanical performance. This Special Issue of Forests aims to disseminate relevant and original research on the production, characterization, simulation, and applications of these materials.

Among others, some topics related to the special edition are:

- Particleboards;

- Fiberboards;

- Oriented Strand Boards;

- Plywood;

- Glued laminated timber;

- Cross laminated timber;

- Solid wood impregnated with resins;

- Numerical simulation of engineered wood-based products.

Dr. André Luís Christóforo
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • particleboard
  • fiberboard
  • oriented strand board
  • plywood
  • glued laminated timber
  • cross laminated timber

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Is Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) a Wood Panel, a Building, or a Construction System? A Systematic Review on Its Functions, Characteristics, Performances, and Applications
by Victor De Araujo, Fabricio Aguiar, Pedro Jardim, Fernando Mascarenhas, Lucas Marini, Vinicius Aquino, Herisson Santos, Tulio Panzera, Francisco Lahr and André Christoforo
Forests 2023, 14(2), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020264 - 30 Jan 2023
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Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been widely discussed as a relevant industrialized construction solution. Numerous publications have considered CLT as a structural wood-based panel, but other documents have mentioned it as a building or even a construction system. Many authors address its application in [...] Read more.
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been widely discussed as a relevant industrialized construction solution. Numerous publications have considered CLT as a structural wood-based panel, but other documents have mentioned it as a building or even a construction system. Many authors address its application in multistory buildings, although single-family houses and lower building applications have become desirable topics as well. Given these gaps, this review study addresses a systematic method to evince the functions of cross-laminated timber in construction. The elucidation and discussion were led by technical and scientific contents through publications present in scientific websites and the Google web search engine. Intricate perceptions about the knowledge and reference of CLT functions were identified. From prospections, it was possible to state that CLT is a timber-forest product created in Europe, whose function acts as a structural composite panel of the engineered wood product category. However, CLT has been mentioned by many publications as a building or a construction system. Suggestions were raised to clarify to all readers with respect to misconceptions, and elucidate the construction systems capable of using it as the main resource. Discussions evinced the characteristics and potentials of this wood product. Even with its increasing application in tall buildings, the commercial application of CLT in low-rise buildings may be boosted by the possibility of large-scale production of industrialized houses. Full article
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