Wooden it be nice?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Maybe that could also decrease the capacity required from an air conditioning system to keep a woody-wagon comfortable. Sounds good.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

[AbrahamWalters]

Thanks for the information cRiPpLe_rOoStEr.

[freebeard]

techcrunch.com: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel

Now, the startup’s first batches of Superwood will be produced starting this summer.

“Right now, coming out of this first-of-a-kind commercial plant — so it’s a smaller plant — we’re focused on skin applications,” Lau said. “Eventually we want to get to the bones of the building. Ninety percent of the carbon impact from buildings is concrete and steel in the construction of the building.”
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The company treats it with “food industry” chemicals to modify the molecular structure of the wood, he said, and then compresses the result to increase the hydrogen bonds between cellulose molecules.

“We might densify the material by 4x and you might think, ‘Oh, it’ll be four times strong, because it has four times the fiber.’ But it’s actually more like 10 times stronger because of all these extra bonds that get created,” Lau said.

The result is a material that has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s 10 times better, the company said. It’s also Class A fire rated, or highly resistant to flame, and resistant to rot and pests. With some polymer impregnated, it can be stabilized for outdoor use like siding, decking, or roofing. InventWood’s first products will be facade materials for commercial and high-end residential buildings, Lau said.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile...ional_Q320.jpg

I wonder how this material takes to steam bending.

edit: Hooray for me, I found a picture of the obscure pinecone dome.


https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/deta.../object/452194

This larger dome requires less bending of the sheets. Were it I, the longer strips would be cut into dragon scales.