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Towards modelling of decay risk of wooden materials

  • Hannu Viitanen
  • , Tomi Toratti
  • , Lasse Makkonen*
  • , Ruut Peuhkuri
  • , T. Ojanen
  • , L. Ruokolainen
  • , J. Räisänen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
    • University of Helsinki

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    Abstract

    An empirical model for wood decay development which can be incorporated into a hygrothermal model of building physics is presented. The model is applied to the ERA-40 reanalysis data, based on six-hour weather observations in Europe, to estimate wood decay in different parts of Europe. These studies provide new tools for evaluating the durability and service life of wooden products and a preliminary European wood decay risk level map. The effects of the projected climate change on wood decay may also be considered by this methodology.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)303-313
    JournalEuropean Journal of Wood and Wood Products
    Volume68
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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