Shrinking and swelling properties and stability of use place in pine woods impregnated with geothermal waters of Simav, Kutahya, Türkiye

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of three different geothermal water properties and stability of use place on two different pine wood. This study used sapwood samples of Turkish red pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) and Crimean pine (Pinus nigra Arnold.), dipping method, and Naşa (N-1), Çitgöl (Ç-1) and Eynal (E-6) geothermal waters from Simav, Kutahya, Turkiye. The impregnation procedures and tests were carried out under normal conditions in the laboratory. Results showed that the geothermal waters significantly decreased values of radial, tangential, volumetric and anisotropic swelling of treated wood samples compared to untreated wood samples. These reductions showed that the shrinkage and s welling properties and stability of use place in pine wood samples were improved by geothermal waters in comparison to untreated wood samples. It was observed that these improvements were higher than other geothermal waters for the E6.

Keywords

• odun
• jeotermal
• emprenye
• çekme
• şişme
• stabilite
• wood
• geothermal
• impregnation
• shrinking
• swelling
• stability