Wood Composites

Associate Professor Martin Ansell is a Reader in Materials for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK, specialising in cellulosic materials and polymers. His research includes the creep and fatigue of wood and natural fibre composites, the development of bonded-in technology for joints in timber structures and characterisation of polymers and composites for industrial applications.Dr Ansell was awarded his degree in Materials Science from the University of Sussex before continuing to take a PhD in Solid State Physics at Chelsea College, University of London. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Wood Science (FIWSc) in 1986 and was President of Institute of Wood Science from 1994 to 1996. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) in 2002. Dr Ansell joined the University of Bath as a Research Officer in 1976 and has since worked as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Materials. He has worked as a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2006.

• Part 1 Materials for wood composites1 Wood microstructure – a cellular compositeM. P. Ansell, University of Bath, UK2 Processing of wood for wood compositesJ. R. Moore and D. J. Cown, Scion, New Zealand3 Adhesives for wood compositesG. Ormondroyd, Bangor University, UKPart 2 Wood composites and their applications4 Plywood and other veneer-based productsM. Hughes, Aalto University, Finland5 FibreboardsG. Ormondroyd, Bangor University, UK6 Chipboard, oriented strand board (OSB) and structural composite lumberT. Nishimura, Toyota Auto Body, Japan7 Glue-laminated timber (glulamC. B. Ong, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia 8 Cross-laminated timberR. Harris, University of Bath, UK9 Composite section I-beamsJ. Porteous, Edinburgh Napier University, UK10 Wood-polymer compositesM. J. Spear, Bangor University, UK and A. Eder, WPC ConsultingPart 3 Advances in wood composites 11 Preservation and modification of wood compositesM. J. Spear, Bangor University, UK12 Environmental impact of wood composites and legislative obligationsC. Hill and A. Norton, Renuables, UK and A. Kutnar, University of Primorska, Slovenia13 Nano-coatings and plasma treatment of wood compositesP. Blanchet, University of Laval and V. Landry, FP Innovations, Canada14 Biomimetic composite materials inspired by woodP. Alam, Abo Akademi University, Finland15 Integration of wood composites with other engineering materialsM. P. Ansell, University of Bath, UK16 Carbonized and mineralized wood compositesM. P. Ansell, University of Bath, UK

"Overall, this book provides the scientist and engineer an authoritative reference for all aspects of materials chemistry, solid-state microstructure, processing, manufacture, durability, and applications of wood and wood-derived composites." --Materials World