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Research &
Development
Projects

Research in the AEWC Mechanical Testing Laboratory

 

Below is a brief listing of representative research and development projects completed by the AEWC Center.

  • Fatigue Testing of Bridge Girders

  • Cyclic Testing of Full-Scale Shear Walls

  • Flexural Testing of Wood-Plastic Lumber

  • Testing of Reinforced Wood Foam Panels

  • Testing of Carbon-Balsa Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (FRP) Panels

  • Shrinkage Coefficient of Dimensionally Stabilized Wood

  • Bonding of Glass Composites to Wood

  • Fracture and Micromechanics of Single Resinated Wood Fibers

  • FRP Reinforcement of Preservative-Treated Wood

  • Bonding of Wood Fibers by Lignin Activation Using Free Radical Generating Systems

  • Modeling of FRP-Glulam Beams

 

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