| dc.description.abstract | With more and more buildings built around the world, OSB is an important building
material. Learning about its properties can help people make use of the OSB panel effectivity. In
this paper, the author will examine the relationship between OSB and these factors by looking at
published data. Secondly, the author will introduce the production method of OSB, the structure
of OSB, the application of OSB, and the basic properties of OSB. This article describes which
factors affect the properties of OSB. It also helps to learn about how the properties of OSB
change in a particular case and how to manufacture OSB the most efficiently. People have tested
OSB at different densities under the manufacturing process according to the standard of SN EN
300 in order to reduce the experimental error. The results show that the mechanical properties of
OSB are better with higher density. Resin is another factor to affect the mechanical properties of
OSB. In the experiments, different types and amounts of resin to manufacture OSB are tested.
Then OSB mechanical properties are tested for the variations in manufacturing listed above. The
results show that the more resin used to a certain degree, the better the OSB mechanical
properties. The urea-formaldehyde and the Phenol - formaldehyde resins are two resins normally
used in OSB. The result shows that using the Phenol - formaldehyde for OSB displays better
mechanical properties than urea-formaldehyde. The species of raw material is another factor
affecting the mechanical properties of wood. In the experiment, the mechanical properties of
OSB made of pine, hardwood mixture, and aspen were tested. However, there is some error
caused by different manufacturing methods. | en_US |
