From the same trunks from which we obtained the samples to determine the critical energy release rate we had more samples cut – so-called dog-bones.…
The project PRELUDIUM 19 experiments have advanced significantly since the successful tests of the measurement methodology. Moreover, the results obtained with the “wedge splitting method”…
We committed ourselves to measure the fracture toughness of lime wood in a wide range of relative humidities (RH). Thanks to those experiments, we will…
What a week! Surrounded by the Bernese Alps, the Swiss Les Diablerets was this weekend not only a stop on the Tour de France, but…
We started laboratory measurements of the mechanical properties of lime wood. Check out the photo report of our first attempts and small successes (the crack…
What is the fracture toughness of wood? Many engineers have dealt with this topic in terms of applications in construction. But what if we ask…
The breakthrough of the year is, on the one hand, time to slow down and enjoy the upcoming Christmas, and on the other hand –…
Both meetings gathered a really large group of listeners, each over 150 people! The CollectionCare conference, organized by the team from the Universitat Politècnica de…
While working on the Preludium 19 project, we established contacts with the Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences…
In the PRELUDIUM project, we planned to create an extensive database of mechanical properties of lime wood at different relative humidity levels of the environment.…