Evaluation of bonding strength of some tropical wood species as a function of surface roughness

• Main Author: Tan, Hui Ling.
• Other Authors: Zhong Zhaowei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50097
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For many countries, wood is widely used as a raw material in the furniture industry. Some of the commonly available tropical wood species in Singapore were evaluated. Experiments were conducted for Kapur, Meranti and Pine wood to find out the adhesion bonding strength as a function of surface roughn...