TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility study on further utilization of timber in China
AU - Karol, Sikora
AU - Jianli, Hao
AU - Isaac, Galobardes
AU - Weiqi, Xing
AU - Subo, Wei
AU - Zitong, Chen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - The use of timber in building industry has expanded in many countries over last 20 years due mainly to its lightweight, little adverse impact to the environment, and strong antiseismic properties. Despite the fast development of the construction industry in China in recent years, timber products utilization is still very limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility to further utilize timber based products in the building industry in China. A review of engineered wood products utilization in China, and oversees was conducted first. The general properties of timber products were followed. Based on this, a survey focusing on the current situation and suitability of localised grown timber products was carried out to study the feasibility. This paper concludes that timber based products have a great future in China. It recommends that it is imperative to further research how to promote timbers utilization in China to be in line with the sustainable development.
AB - The use of timber in building industry has expanded in many countries over last 20 years due mainly to its lightweight, little adverse impact to the environment, and strong antiseismic properties. Despite the fast development of the construction industry in China in recent years, timber products utilization is still very limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility to further utilize timber based products in the building industry in China. A review of engineered wood products utilization in China, and oversees was conducted first. The general properties of timber products were followed. Based on this, a survey focusing on the current situation and suitability of localised grown timber products was carried out to study the feasibility. This paper concludes that timber based products have a great future in China. It recommends that it is imperative to further research how to promote timbers utilization in China to be in line with the sustainable development.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/383/1/012029
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/383/1/012029
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85050493789
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 383
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 012029
T2 - 2018 International Joint Conference on Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, CMSME 2018
Y2 - 24 February 2018 through 26 February 2018
ER -