MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE PROCESS
OF COMPACTION OF WOOD

O. R. Dornyak

UDC 539.376:674.812

Within the framework of the mechanics of heterophase systems 
a mathematical model for the process of pressing of wood has been 
offered; this model takes account of the influence of its complex 
rheological properties and surface phenomena in thin interlayers of 
water on the change in a porous structure. With numerical methods, 
a study has been made of the influence of the sample's humidity and 
temperature fields on the strength and quality of the material obtained.

Voronezh State Academy of Forest Technology, 8 Timiryazev 
Str., Voronezh, 394613, Russia; email: olga@dorn.vrn.ru. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 62-69, 
September-October, 2005. Original article submitted October 27, 
2004.