Vol. 52 No. 4 CONTENTS
Special Issue on
Wood and Wood Based Material
General Paper

Special Issue on Wood and Wood Based Material (Vol.52 No.4)

Foreword

Y.Imamura

335

Original Paper (Vol.52 No.4)

Wood Properties of Cryptomeria Japonica in Southern Kyusyu ‡U -Characteristics of Obi-Sugi Cultivars-

Yoshio KIJIDANI and Ryushi KITAHARA

336

Tensile Strength Properties of Glued Laminated Wood and Laminated Veneer Lumber with Butt-Joints

Tomoyuki HAYASHI and Atsushi MIYATAKE

341

Analysis of Strain Distribution of Softwood in Transverse Compression Measured by Digital Image Correlation Method

Koji MURATA and Minoru MASUDA

347

The Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Fibers Prepared by Steam-Explosion Method

Hitoshi TAKAGI, Ryuki TAKURA, Yohei ICHIHARA, Shinji OCHI, Hiroaki MISAWA and Ryusuke NIKI

353

The Manufacture and Mechanical Properties of Composite Boards Made from Starch-Based Biodegradable Plastic and Bamboo Powder

Hitoshi TAKAGI and Ryuki TAKURA

357

Dielectric Relaxation of Heat-Treated Wood

Hiroyuki SUGIMOTO and Misato NORIMOTO

362

Gas Permeability in Wood of Cryptomeria japonica D. Don -Gas Permeability between White Zone Wood, Sapwood and Ambient Atmosphere in the Radial Direction in Green Logs-

Satoshi NAGAI and Yoshiaki TANIGUCHI

368

Influence of Heat Treatment on Size of Softwood-Particles

Hiroyuki IKEGIWA , Tatsujiro AKAI and Shigetoshi HARIMA

374


General Paper (Vol.52 No.4)

Original Paper (Vol.52 No.4)

Localized Instability Propagation Behavior of Polymer under Shearing -Formation and Growth of Surface Microstructure in Polycarbonate

Yoshio KOUTA, Taiji ADACHI and Yoshihiro TOMITA

379

Quasi Three-Dimensional Analysis of Poroelastic Medium with Multi-Layered Circular Inclusions

Akio ICHIKAWA, Hiroshi ENDO, Ken-ichi HIRASHIMA and Toshio HAGIHARA

386

Time and Temperature Dependence of Recovery Behavior of Residual Strains in Largely Deformed Glassy Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)

Shin'ya YOSHIOKA, Ryoji NAKAGAWA and Yukuo NANZAI

394

Fundamental Solutions for a Cylindrically Anisotropic Elastic Medium

Takehiko NAKAYAMA, Ken-ichi HIRASHIMA, Takuo SUZUK and Noboru YOSHINO

400

Fracture Behavior of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Phenolic Resin Composite

Keiji OGI, Tetsuro SHIRAISHI and Hidemi YAZAWA

407

Cure Monitoring for Heat-Resistant Tough Epoxy Resin Matrix CFRP

Masaaki JINNO, Shigeru SAKAI, Katsuhiko OSAKA and Takehito FUKUDA

413

pv Limit and Frictional Surface Behavior of Bronze Powder Filled Polyacetal/Polyethylene(LDPE, HDPE, HMWHDPE) Blends

Hiromasa TAKAHASHI and Atsushi SAITO

419

Effect of Plating Conditions on Residual Stress and Microstrain of Pulse-Plated Crack-Free Cr Layer

Yuichi KOBAYASHI, Jun-ichi NAGASAWA, Kazuo WATANABE, Kiichi NAKAMURA, Toshihiko SASAKI and Yukio HIROSE

427

Lecture (Vol.52 No.4)

Fundamentals and Recent Topics on Fatigue‡V:Fatigue of Metallic Materials in the Very High Cycle Regime

Yasuo OCHI and Tatsuo SAKAI

433