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In an adhesively bonded joint, a separation in the joint caused by a wedge or other crack-opening type action.
1A board which is free from defects. A term including the higher grades of lumber sound, relatively free of blemishes.
A machining defect in which small chips are torn from the surface below the intended plane of cut, usually as the result of cutting against the grain.
A bevel or slope created by slicing off the square edge or end of a piece of wood or other material (usually 45 degrees); a decorative edging or relief made at the timber’s corner.
The ability to resist a force tending to shorten a structural member by crushing the fibres longitudinally.
During growth trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Once trees are harvested and processed to produce sawn lumber (or any other wood product) they continue to store this CO2. This act of storing CO2 is referred to as sequestration.
A summary of all the greenhouse gases emitted during the making process of an object and is expressed in kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (kg CO2 eq).
Reported as stress at proportional limit. There is no clearly defined ultimate stress for this property.