csiro forestry and forest products

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• Evaluation and Validation of Canopy Laser Radar Systems for Native and Plantation Forest Inventory: Summary Report

  Research into using Lidar technologies to characterise forest structure has increased rapidly. However, the use of such technologies to assist commercial forest inventory operations has not ye... Read More

• Evaluation of Remedial Treatments for Surface Checks in Appearance Timber

  This study reviewed and evaluated the role and performance of fillers and other potential treatments as economical and practical solutions to exposed internal checks in appearance grade sawn t... Read More

• Improving wood stiffness through microfibril angle: Summary

  This project investigated ways of breeding radiata pine to improve solid wood stiffness through changes in microfibril angle (MfA). Earlier work suggests that wood stiffness depends on microfi... Read More

• Juvenile Wood Characteristics, Effects and Identification - Literature Review

  The objective of the literature review is to provide a background to explain how the extent and effect of the juvenile wood core can affect softwood processing with an emphasis on product stra... Read More

• Log Presentation: log damage arising from mechanical harvesting or processing

  This study identified the major sources of damage to hardwood sawlogs arising from mechanical harvesting and documented “Best Practice” techniques in use to minimize this damage.  The st... Read More

• Moisture Variations in Dried Hardwood Timber

  This project investigated why moisture gradients occur in Australian hardwoods during drying and their affects on the performance of timber in service; and aimed to improve existing technology... Read More

• Resource Evaluation for Future Profit: Part A - Wood Property Survey of the Green Triangle Region

  The project’s objectives were to demonstrate the value of resource evaluation tools that can predict future trends in structural grade recovery, using the Green Triangle region as the case stu... Read More

• Review of the Environmental Impact of Wood Compared with Alternative Products Used in the Production of Furniture

  This study produced a literature review on the current information available to compare the environmental impact of wood with other alternative products (such as plastics and metals) used in t... Read More

• The Impact of Growth Stress on Sawn Distortion and Log End Splitting on 32-Year-Old Plantation Blue Gum

  This project quantified the relationship between sawn timber distortion and log end splitting with growth strain measured at the surface of standing trees; investigated the impact of log end s... Read More

• The Suitability of Plantation Thinnings as Vineyard Posts

  This project investigated the suitability of using thinnings from a range of plantation species as vineyard posts. The hardwood plantation species examined were Eucalyptus grandis, E. globulus... Read More

• Treatment Methods for the Protection of Hardwood Sapwood from Lyctine Borers

  This review examines the various options available to the sawmiller for treating the sapwood of hardwoods against lyctine borers to protect appearance grade products. The treated products shou... Read More

• Variation in Wood Properties of Plantation-Grown Eucalyptus dunnii Relevant to Solid-Wood Products

  This study evaluated possible low-cost methods of assessing solid-wood value of plantation- grown E. dunnii trees using the tangential shrinkage properties of fixed-height increment cores. It ... Read More