Christopher Voth1, Nathan White2, Vikram Yadama3,*, William Cofer3
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 234-243, 2015, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2015.634109
Abstract Part of a long-term goal of developing a sustainable composite panel that meets both structural and energy
performance requirements in building construction applications, this study discusses the development of a thinwalled wood-strand 3D core element that shows promise for a variety of panelized construction applications,
such as in a building envelope. Sandwich panels take advantage of the lightweight corrugated core sandwiched
between stress skin faces acting similar to an I-beam. Specific bending stiffness of sandwich panels fabricated
with ponderosa pine strands was significantly higher than average values of commercially produced composite
panels of equivalent thickness (141–156% and 120–133% stiffer than… More >
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