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  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,269 Views
11 Pages

Study on Dimensional Stability of Veneer Rice Straw Particleboard

  • Xianqing Xiong,
  • Yiting Niu,
  • Yingying Yuan and
  • Liangting Zhang

11 June 2020

As an important industry of the national economy, the development of furniture manufacturing industry is very rapid. In particular, with the development of panel furniture industry, wood-based panels have become a necessary choice for furniture mater...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,264 Views
5 Pages

Dimensional Stability of a Preliminary Vinyl Polysiloxane Impression Material

  • Francisco Martins,
  • José Reis,
  • Ignacio Barbero Navarro and
  • Paulo Maurício

1 August 2019

Oral rehabilitation success depends upon the accuracy and dimensional stability of the impressions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dimensional changes of a first impression type VPS (Vinyl Polysiloxane) (Imprint™ 4 Preliminary Pen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,243 Views
19 Pages

25 February 2025

In this work, a proper formulation of the elastic stability and positive definiteness of the elastic energy density of one-dimensional quasicrystals is provided. Based on an appropriate Voigt notation, the Sylvester criterion is applied and the neces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,667 Views
19 Pages

14 April 2022

Dimensional stability is a commonly targeted property for improvement through wood modification. Here four different tests have been performed on three types of modified wood to compare methods of measuring dimensional stability behavior. These tests...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,499 Views
10 Pages

Effects of Shellac Treatment on Wood Hygroscopicity, Dimensional Stability and Thermostability

  • Mihaela Liu,
  • Guanglin Xu,
  • Jianan Wang,
  • Xinwei Tu,
  • Xinyou Liu,
  • Zhihui Wu,
  • Jiufang Lv and
  • Wei Xu

14 September 2020

Dimensional stability proves to be an important factor affecting the quality of wooden products. As a sort of crude and thermoplastic resin, shellac excreted by lac insects demonstrates water-repellent and environmental-friendly features. The researc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
754 Views
16 Pages

5 November 2025

Bamboo often suffers from moisture-induced cracking, in which the structural and dimensional differences between nodes and internodes may be key contributing factors. Taking Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J. Houz. as an example, this study sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,089 Views
13 Pages

12 October 2022

The differences of physical and mechanical properties of different laminations, such as softwood, hardwood or other structural composite lumber, in hybrid cross-laminated timber (HCLT), lead to their dimensional stability and bonding performance more...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,187 Views
13 Pages

2 February 2020

This paper is devoted to the study of the stability of finite-dimensional distribution of time-inhomogeneous, discrete-time Markov chains on a general state space. The main result of the paper provides an estimate for the absolute difference of finit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,345 Views
13 Pages

16 August 2019

This study experimentally investigated the dimensional stability of SBR (styrene butadiene rubber)-modified cementitious mixtures in order to determine whether their properties are sustainable as a 3D additive construction material. Dimensional stabi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,598 Views
12 Pages

25 May 2021

The bamboo fiber-based composite (BFBC) has high-performce in terms of mechanical properties and dimensional stability. In this study, BFBCs were prepared with different hot-pressing temperatures (150 °C, 160 °C, 170 °C, 180 °C, 190 °C, and 200 °C) a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,635 Views
18 Pages

Recombinant Spider Silk Fiber with High Dimensional Stability in Water and Its NMR Characterization

  • Tetsuo Asakura,
  • Hironori Matsuda,
  • Akira Naito,
  • Hideyasu Okamura,
  • Yu Suzuki and
  • Yunosuke Abe

2 December 2022

Spider dragline silk has unique characteristics of strength and extensibility, including supercontraction. When we use it as a biomaterial or material for textiles, it is important to suppress the effect of water on the fiber by as much as possible i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,366 Views
14 Pages

12 March 2025

Green, newly felled bamboo stems are prone to cracking during the drying process due to the growth stress and moisture gradient. To improve the drying quality and dimensional stability of bamboo stems, this study applied hygrothermal treatment under...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,431 Views
13 Pages

PET/Bio-Based Terpolyester Blends with High Dimensional Thermal Stability

  • Sangyoon Park,
  • Sarinthip Thanakkasaranee,
  • Hojun Shin,
  • Youngsoo Lee,
  • Guman Tak and
  • Jongchul Seo

27 February 2021

To improve the dimensional thermal stability of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a poly(ethylene glycol 1,4-cyclohexane dimethylene (CHDM) isosorbide (ISB) terephthalate) (PEICT) known as ECOZEN®T110 (EZT) was introduced into PET using a melt blendi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,492 Views
9 Pages

Dimensional Stability of Treated Sengon Wood by Nano-Silica of Betung Bamboo Leaves

  • Istie Rahayu,
  • Fitria Cita Dirna,
  • Akhiruddin Maddu,
  • Wayan Darmawan,
  • Dodi Nandika and
  • Esti Prihatini

17 November 2021

Sengon (Falcataria moluccana Miq.) is one of the fastest growing wood that is broadly planted in Indonesia. Sengon wood has inferior wood properties, such as a low density and dimensional stability. Therefore, sengon wood requires a method to improve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,734 Views
14 Pages

3 August 2022

Shape stability is one of the most important properties of surface-compressed wood used as a substitute for other energy-intensive adhesives, concrete, and metals. This study evaluated the dimensional stability, surface wettability, chemical structur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,285 Views
17 Pages

Dimensional Stability and Reproducibility of Varying FFF Models for Aligners in Comparison to Plaster Models

  • Nina Lümkemann,
  • Melisa Klimenta,
  • Moritz Hoffmann,
  • John Meinen and
  • Bogna Stawarczyk

5 July 2023

To test the impact of FFF filaments, printing parameters, thermoforming foils, repeated thermoforming cycles, and type of jaw on the dimensional stability of FFF models for aligners and to compare them with plaster models, FFF models (maxilla, n = 48...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,706 Views
15 Pages

8 September 2023

Rubber wood often exhibits dimensional instability during use, which seriously hinders its widespread application. In order to enhance the dimensional stability of rubber wood, a two-step method was employed in this study to modify rubber wood using...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,669 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Coating on the Dimensional Stability of Wood-Polymer Composites

  • Marouan Rejeb,
  • Ahmed Koubaa,
  • Fayez Elleuch,
  • François Godard,
  • Sébastien Migneault,
  • Mohamed Khlif and
  • Hatem Mrad

13 June 2021

Wood polymer composites (WPC) are sensitive to moisture because of the hydrophilic nature of the wood fibers. The main objective of this study was to improve the dimensional stability of WPCs by coating. Polypropylene and polylactic acid were reinfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,625 Views
20 Pages

24 September 2024

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing has the advantages of a simple molding principle, convenient operation, and low cost, making it suitable for the production and fabrication of complex structural parts. Moving forward to mass production usi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,035 Views
12 Pages

30 April 2023

Environmental stability technology plays an important role in improving the adaptive range, image resolution and ensuring the stability of geometric parameters of aerial mapping camera. Traditional environmental stability methods directly implement a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,253 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2020

Wood is a living material with a dimensional stability problem. White spruce wood is a Canadian non-permeable wood that is used for siding applications. To improve this property, white spruce wood was treated with organosilanes sol-gel treatment with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,626 Views
10 Pages

28 June 2021

The objective of this study was to propose a standardised methodology for assessing the accuracy of three-dimensional printed (3DP) full-arch dental models and the impact of storage using two printing technologies. A reference model (RM) comprising s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,417 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Microstructure on the Dimensional Stability of Extruded Pure Aluminum

  • Linlin Fu,
  • Gaohui Wu,
  • Chang Zhou,
  • Ziyang Xiu,
  • Wenshu Yang and
  • Jing Qiao

24 August 2021

High-performance extruded aluminum alloys with complex textures suffer significant dimension variation under environmental temperature fluctuations, dramatically decreasing the precision of navigation systems. This research mainly focuses on the effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,991 Views
13 Pages

Mechanical Properties and Dimensional Stability of Poplar Wood Modified by Pre-Compression and Post-Vacuum-Thermo Treatments

  • Zaixin He,
  • Yanran Qi,
  • Gang Zhang,
  • Yueying Zhao,
  • Yong Dai,
  • Baoxuan Liu,
  • Chenglong Lian,
  • Xiaoying Dong and
  • Yongfeng Li

12 April 2022

Fast-growing poplar wood has the bottleneck problems of inferior mechanical strength and poor dimensional stability. In this study, the wood was modified by combined treatments of pre-compression and post-vacuum-thermo modification to improve its mec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
3,301 Views
16 Pages

Assessment of Dimensional Stability, Biodegradability, and Fracture Energy of Bio-Composites Reinforced with Novel Pine Cone

  • Kanishka Jha,
  • Yogesh K. Tyagi,
  • Rajeev Kumar,
  • Shubham Sharma,
  • Muhammad Roslim Muhammad Huzaifah,
  • Changhe Li,
  • Rushdan Ahmad Ilyas,
  • Shashi Prakash Dwivedi,
  • Ambuj Saxena and
  • Alokesh Pramanik

24 September 2021

In this investigation, biodegradable composites were fabricated with polycaprolactone (PCL) matrix reinforced with pine cone powder (15%, 30%, and 45% by weight) and compatibilized with graphite powder (0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% by weight) in polycaprolac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,006 Views
15 Pages

In this paper, the global attractive set (GAS) and positive invariant set (PIS) of the five-dimensional Lorenz model with the fractional order derivative are studied. Using the Mittag-Leffler function and Lyapunov function method, the ultimate bounde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,516 Views
12 Pages

In Situ Growth of COF on PAN Nanofibers to Improve Proton Conductivity and Dimensional Stability in Proton Exchange Membranes

  • Xiaoyu Meng,
  • Yinan Lv,
  • Jihong Wen,
  • Xiaojing Li,
  • Luman Peng,
  • Chuanbo Cong,
  • Haimu Ye and
  • Qiong Zhou

6 May 2022

Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) polymer is considered as a proton exchange membrane material with great potential. Nevertheless, excessive water absorption caused by abundant sulfonic acid groups makes PFSA have low dimensional stabilities. In order to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,647 Views
11 Pages

20 April 2022

In the present study, the thermal cycling stability of mirrors made of silicon particle reinforced aluminum compounds, containing an amount of 42 ± 2 wt.% silicon particles, is investigated with respect to thermal loading. The compound is proc...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,868 Views
5 Pages

The thermal modification of wood is well known and widespread as a method to improve the dimensional stability and natural durability of this interesting material of biological origin. This work aims to evaluate the effect of a 3 h, 215 °C therma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
2,583 Views
18 Pages

Evaluation of the Dimensional Stability of Black Poplar Wood Modified Thermally in Nitrogen Atmosphere

  • Olga Bytner,
  • Agnieszka Laskowska,
  • Michał Drożdżek,
  • Paweł Kozakiewicz and
  • Janusz Zawadzki

18 March 2021

Black poplar (Populus nigra L.) was thermally modified in nitrogen atmosphere. The effects of the modification process on poplar wood were evaluated for temperatures: 160 °C, 190 °C, and 220 °C applied for 2 h; and 160 °C and 190 °C for 6 h. The perc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,890 Views
11 Pages

Dimensional Stability of Additively Manufactured Dentate Maxillary Diagnostic Casts in Biobased Model Resin

  • Münir Demirel,
  • Almira Ada Diken Türksayar,
  • Sandra Petersmann,
  • Sebastian Spintzyk and
  • Mustafa Borga Donmez

1 May 2024

This study aimed to evaluate the dimensional stability of maxillary diagnostic casts fabricated from a biobased model resin, which consists of 50% renewable raw materials for sustainable production, a model resin, and stone, over one month. A master...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,360 Views
15 Pages

4 August 2024

This study investigates a class of two-dimensional, two-parameter squared discrete dynamical systems. It determines the conditions for local stability at the fixed points for these proposed systems. Theoretical and numerical analyses are conducted to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,279 Views
14 Pages

20 March 2018

A novel composite composed of lignocellulose (LC), glutaraldehyde crosslinked chitosan (GC) and multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was fabricated by the hot-pressing process. The effect of the additional GC and MWCNT on the mechanical strength, dime...

  • Article
  • Open Access
456 Views
20 Pages

This study employs the modified extended direct algebraic method (MEDAM) to investigate the generalized nonlinear fractional (3+1)-dimensional wave equation with gas bubbles. This advanced analytical framework is used to construct a comprehensive cla...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,765 Views
24 Pages

Three-Dimensional Accuracy and Stability of Personalized Implants in Orthognathic Surgery: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

  • Alexandru Diaconu,
  • Michael Boelstoft Holte,
  • Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff and
  • Else Marie Pinholt

7 January 2023

This systematic review aimed to determine the accuracy/stability of patient-specific osteosynthesis (PSI) in orthognathic surgery according to three-dimensional (3D) outcome analysis and in comparison to conventional osteosynthesis and computer-aided...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,240 Views
14 Pages

16 July 2020

Bamboo is a natural and renewable building material but its application has been limited due to the low dimensional stability and poor durability against mold. In this study, monomers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and N-isopropyl acrylamide (NI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,400 Views
19 Pages

Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation on the Seepage Field and Stability of Soil Slope Subjected to Snowmelt Infiltration

  • Shengyi Cong,
  • Liang Tang,
  • Xianzhang Ling,
  • Wenqiang Xing,
  • Lin Geng,
  • Xinyu Li,
  • Guoyu Li and
  • Hui Li

2 October 2021

Cutting slope failures occur frequently along the high-speed railways in Northeast China during the construction due to snowmelt infiltration. This study addresses this issue by applying a three-dimensional numerical model. The influence of the depth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,841 Views
14 Pages

11 October 2019

Acetylation and in situ polymerization are two typical chemical modifications that are used to improve the dimensional stability of bamboo. In this work, the combination of chemical modification of vinyl acetate (VA) acetylation and methyl methacryla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,543 Views
11 Pages

22 October 2018

The removal of rice straw extractives increases the interphase adhesion between rice straw and the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix, while eradicating the inner defects of rice straw/HDPE composites. This study investigated the effect of rice...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,260 Views
9 Pages

23 August 2020

Wood is an environmentally friendly material, but some natural properties limit its wide application. To study the effect of a combination of heat treatment (HT) and wax impregnation (WI) on wood hygroscopicity, dimensional stability, and mechanical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,072 Views
15 Pages

Color and Translucency Stability of Three-Dimensional Printable Dental Materials for Crown and Bridge Restorations

  • Jong-Eun Kim,
  • Won-Huy Choi,
  • Dasun Lee,
  • Yooseok Shin,
  • Sung-Ho Park,
  • Byoung-Duck Roh and
  • Dohyun Kim

31 January 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine and compare color and translucency stability of three-dimensional (3D) printable dental materials for crown and bridge restorations. Five different materials were investigated, and twelve disc-shaped specimens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
780 Views
13 Pages

12 July 2025

Wood is a green and renewable bio-based building material, but its hygroscopicity affects its dimensional stability, limiting its use in construction. Chemical modification can improve its properties, yet its effectiveness depends on wood permeabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,471 Views
13 Pages

20 October 2023

Given the increasingly prominent contradiction between the supply of and demand for wood, the abundant resource of bamboo can be a good substitute. Bamboo scrimber can effectively improve the utilization rate of bamboo and has good mechanical propert...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,008 Views
23 Pages

Accurate measurement uncertainty quantification and its propagation are critical for dimensional compliance in precision manufacturing. This study presents a novel framework that examines the evolution of measurement error along the axial length of C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,299 Views
28 Pages

Based on the spatial compact finite difference (SCFD) method, an improved high-order temporal accuracy scheme for high-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equations (TFDEs) is presented in this work. Combining the temporal piecewise quadratic inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,624 Views
12 Pages

3 January 2020

Wood treatment was conducted by paraffin/acrylate compound emulsion. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied for modeling and to determine the relationship between hydrophobicity and influencing factors. The results showed that the paraffin em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,234 Views
13 Pages

28 February 2020

Natural wood is susceptible to moisture during its practical use, limiting not only service life but also the range of uses. In this study, plant extracts, specifically linseed oil and carnauba wax (both environmentally friendly and water-repellent s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,731 Views
16 Pages

2 February 2023

In recent years, China is increasingly dependent on imported wood. Afrormosia and Newtonia are some of the imported species with good utilization potential. However, both of them also have problems with poor dimensional stability. In order to make be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,173 Views
13 Pages

Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Treatment Effects and Post-Treatment Stability of Maxillary Molar Intrusion Using Temporary Anchorage Devices in Open Bite Malocclusion

  • Hiroki Ogura,
  • Kento Numazaki,
  • Toshihito Oyanagi,
  • Masahiro Seiryu,
  • Arata Ito,
  • Takahiro Noguchi,
  • Fumitoshi Ohori,
  • Michiko Yoshida,
  • Tomohiro Fukunaga and
  • Itaru Mizoguchi
  • + 1 author

7 May 2024

Background: We investigated treatment outcomes and post-treatment stability in 10 patients with an anterior open bite and nonsurgical orthodontics. Methods: The patients underwent maxillary molar intrusion using temporary anchorage devices (TADs) to...

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