Timber: A Sustainable Material for Engineering and Other Uses |
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Editors:
MK Mohamad Omar & AW Mohd Jamil |
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Order Code: FSP8
RM60/USD36
(postage not
included) 84 pp
2015
ISBN 978-967-0622-43-9
(Out of print) Malaysian timber species are well known worldwide and
are normally used for buildings, furniture and bridges besides other uses
such as paper, carving, pencil and handicraft. Timber for construction has
been limited to roof trusses, traditional buildings and formworks for
concrete, even though our timbers have more utility values. The prospects for
timber as a popular material are even getting better since metals are not
inexhaustible while timber is renewable. Timber is versatile since it
features in many aspects of life, from art to engineering, and from paper to
glued-laminated timber. It is easily recognisable
in its native form with its grains and colours in
many products but several products derived from it, devoid of the woody
appearance, are not so. Timber characteristics can be altered by means of new
technologies. Timber is easy to work with, and not much energy is needed to
transform a tree to timber in various forms. This book is produced with the
aim of portraying the several possibilities that timber can be put to use. |
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