Objective The aim of the research work is to develop a rapid and reliable test method for the determination of the natural wood durability. Further, a laboratory method shall be developed which allows the testing of small samples and limited sections of a stem, e.g. sapwood, in order to test an classify the treatability of wood species in pressure-treatment processes with water-based resp. oilborne solutions. Finally, research on the durability of wood based board materials containing glues will be carried out in order to develop the methodology being considered by CEN/TC 38.Biological testing is in progress and most of experiments with soft-rot fungi in soil-beds and basidiomycetes are completed. A detailed analysis of the data will presented during 1997. Field tests have been set up at two different sites and the first preliminary results will be obtained by the end of 1997. The experiments on the treatability of wood have been finished, a draft proposal for a method of test will be prepared during 1997 and forwarded to CEN/TC 38. For particle boards the effects of the different types of ageing on the results of the biological tests have been assessed. Tests with aged glue pads and glue/wood bags are presently carried out. As soon as the results are available a standard method of testing glues with basidiomycetes can be drafted. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologymycologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry Programme(s) FP3-MAT - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of measurements and testing, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator FEDERAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS Address Leuschnerstrasse 91 21031 Hamburg Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bucknalls lane, garston Watford See on map Centre Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement (CTBA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 10 avenue de saint-mandé 75012 Paris See on map FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL RESEARCH AND TESTING Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 87,unter der eichen 87 12205 Berlin See on map IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campus at silwood park, road a329 (virginia water SW7 2AZ London See on map Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 13,lawickse allee 13 6701 AN Wageningen See on map STICHTING HOUT RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1 c,wildekamp 1 c 6700 AL Wageningen See on map Universiteit Gent Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 653,coupure links 9000 Gent See on map
