ECWM4 Oral Session 6 - Thermal Modification

The following papers were presented at ECWM4 on the topic of thermal modification:

Hermann Huber, Jose L. Fernandez-Cabo, Marloes Caduff, Hans-Jorg Althaus and Rainer Schoftner - Experiences and Environmental Aspects of Thermal Modified Timber in Novel Noise Barrier Elements along a Motorway in Austria

Colin Birkinshaw and Seamas Dolan - Mechanism of Strength Loss in Heat Treated Softwoods

Jana Peters and Alexander Pfriem - Emissions from Thermally Modified Beech, their Reduction by Solvent Extraction and Fungicidal Effect of the Organic Solvent Extracts

Behbood Mohebby, Hoori Sharifnia-Dizboni and Saeed Kazemi-Najafi - Combined Hydro-Thermo-Mechanical Modification (CHTM) as an Innovation in Mechanical Wood Modification

Alexander Pfriem and Mario Zauer - Alteration of the Unsteady Sorption Behaviour of Spruce and Maple due to Thermal Treatment

Louis Gastonguay, Duygu Kocaefe, Sandor Poncsak, Ramdane Younsi and Yasar Kocaefe - Thermal Treatment of Wood Poles and Lumber for Distribution Network

Robert Widmann - Thermally Modified Beech as a Structural Material: Allocation to European Strength Classes and Relevant Grading Procedures