The physicomechanical and thermal properties of Algerian Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) wood as a component of sandwich panels

doi:10.3832/ifor3952-015

The physicomechanical and thermal properties of Algerian Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) wood as a component of sandwich panels

Nadia Lakreb⁽¹⁾ , Umut Sen⁽²⁾, Boudjema Bezzazi⁽³⁾, Helena Pereira⁽²⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 106-111 (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor3952-015
Published: Mar 21, 2022 - Copyright © 2022 SISEF

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Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) is the main forest species of Algeria occupying more than 35% of the total forest area of the country. However, the physicomechanical and thermal characteristics of Algerian P. halepensis wood are not well-known. This research investigates the physical (moisture, density, swelling, and shrinkage), mechanical (bending strength and modulus of elasticity), and thermal (mass loss under combustion and pyrolysis as well as thermal conductivity) properties of P. halepensis wood from the Darguina (Bejaia) forest in Algeria. The results showed that Algerian P. halepensis wood with a mean density of 540 kg m^-3 has good dimensional stability in swelling and shrinkage, with 116.43 MPa bending strength and a modulus of elasticity of 17,520 MPa. The wood shows a good thermal resistance under low-temperature range and has a thermal conductivity of 0.21 W m^-1 K^-1. The overall results indicate that Algerian P. halepensis wood may be commercially exploited for construction and insulation applications, namely in the production of sandwich composites.

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Density, Bending Strength, Thermal Conductivity, Shrinkage, Swell-ing

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(1)

0000-0002-6728-5122
Materials Technology Research Laboratory (MTL), University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Bab Ezzouar (Algeria)

(2)

0000-0003-3734-466X

Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisboa (Portugal)

(3)

Research Unit Materials, Processes and Environment, University M’Hamed Bougara, 35000 Boumerdes (Algeria)

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Nadia Lakreb
nlakreb@usthb.dz

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Lakreb N, Sen U, Bezzazi B, Pereira H (2022). The physicomechanical and thermal properties of Algerian Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) wood as a component of sandwich panels. iForest 15: 106-111. - doi: 10.3832/ifor3952-015

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Manuela Romagnoli

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Received: Aug 21, 2021
Accepted: Jan 11, 2022

First online: Mar 21, 2022
Publication Date: Apr 30, 2022
Publication Time: 2.30 months

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