A Study on the Production Process and Properties of Cement-Based Wood Composite Materials

Abstract

Due to the growing environmental concern, lignocellulosic materials have become a common substitute for the conventional reinforcement element in composite strcutures. However, these natural sources are preferred to cost efficient and to increase mechanical performances. In a cement bonded composites, wood is incorporated as an aggregate in the mineral matrix (as fibres, sawdust, shavings or particles), and cement acts as a binder. These are employed due to their ease of production, and the enhanced biodegradability, leading to applications for sustainable purposes in construction applications. Wood-cement composites are considerably better performance on high fire, weathering and bio-deterioration risk applications to which solid wood and resin bonded composites are vulnerable. However, the vast of literature on cement-wood bonded composites has already been reviewed and pointed by a number of researchers. Many valuable fundamental informations have already established for utilizing wood for these products. A comprehensive results was to investigate some wood species that are abundant resources in many countries, for their suitability for manufacturing such composites.

Keywords

• cement
• wood
• composites
• mechanical properties