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Australian timber durability research needs
2023 - IRG/WP 23-50385
Australia was once a world leader in timber durability research, but prolonged disinvestment resulted in a gradual decline in capacity. Forest and Wood Products Australia recognized this problem and supported the development of the Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life to help reverse this decline and begin to educate the next generation of Australian researchers. The Centre is a collabor...
J J Morrell
Research on gaseous COS degradation by brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum
2024 - IRG/WP 24-11033
Physiological studies of wood rotting fungi have mostly focused on the metabolism of carbon and nitrogen sources, which constitute the dominants components of wood. On the other hand, despite the physiological importance of trace elements such as sulfur, studies on their acquisition sources and metabolic pathways are limited. Until now, wood rotting fungi have been thought to utilize slight amount...
R Iizuka, R Tsukida, Y Katayama, M Yoshida
Wood above ground project – Results and future plans
2024 - IRG/WP 24-11041
In 2000, the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) initiated an extensive study to investigate the natural durability of wood. The study involved exposing wood in various orientations to assess its performance. A total of 35 wood material types were exposed at DTI test site in Taastrup, Denmark. Moisture content (MC) was measured through weighing for the initial five years, decay was assessed follo...
A W Christof, R Digaitis, P Fynholm, J Stenbaek, N Morsing, B Lindegaard
The iTrussT project – Advancements in timber bridge design, preservation, and monitoring
2025 - IRG/WP 25-20751
The Norwegian research project iTrussT (2025–2028) aims to advance timber bridge design and unlock wood’s full potential as a sustainable solution for modern infrastructure. It addresses three critical challenges: First, fatigue testing of glued laminated timber lamellae will provide deeper insights into shear failure mechanisms, supporting the development of safer, more efficient structures a...
K-C Mahnert, U Hundhausen
Valorisation of bark extractives for wood and plant protection: the Extrabark project
2025 - IRG/WP 25-50415
The Extrabark project is an Interreg collaborative project between Lorraine in France, Wallonia in Belgium, the Saarland in Germany and Luxembourg. The objectives of the project are to develop a complete value chain of valorisation of bark generated by wood industry via the utilization of extracts or molecules for the protection of plants and wood material as a bio-sourced alternative to petrochem...
P Gérardin, C Gérardin-Charbonnier, S Dumarçay, F Obounou Akong, E Fredon, R Martha, J V Dorini Falavinha, W Donck, Z Nys, A Lepretre, L Taguimjeu, M-L Fauconnier, J Renaut, K Sergeant, S Saker, E Strilin, J Tchoumtchoua, M C Detroz, G Beauchamp