Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of Casuarina Glauca Blockboards
Funding Sponsor
American University
Author's Department
Construction Engineering Department
Third Author's Department
Construction Engineering Department
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62586-3_2
Document Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Publication Date
1-1-2021
doi
10.1007/978-3-030-62586-3_2
Abstract
Wood, or timber, is light, cheap, and easy to transport and work with. On the contrary, reinforced concrete is more expensive, heavy & difficult to transport and slower to build. Previous research has proven that relatively cheap Casuarina Glauca wood could have sufficiently high strength that makes it a strong candidate for structural usage. In the construction field in Egypt, most of the used wood is blockboard composed from imported wood. The importing of wood represents a significant segment and Egypt invests a lot of its money in this segment, thus a research such as this one would significantly help Egypt to save money in the import business. This research aims to produce and test Egyptian blockboard made from Casuarina Glauca wood farmed in Egypt. The blockboards were produced and tested for their mechanical properties and compared to their imported counterparts. Moreover, these blockboards proved to be of a sufficiently high strength. Based on the results, this engineered wood product could be a structurally sound alternative for structural usage.
First Page
14
Last Page
22
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APA Citation
Abdellatif, N.
Darwish, M.
Nassar, K.
Youssef, P.
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(2021). Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of Casuarina Glauca Blockboards. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, 14–22.
10.1007/978-3-030-62586-3_2
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2382
MLA Citation
Abdellatif, Nour, et al.
"Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of Casuarina Glauca Blockboards." Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, 2021, pp. 14–22.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2382