Review article
Toshiro Harada
Progress toward the development of fire-resistant wooden structures in Japan 1
Original articles
Megumi Ishidoh, Futoshi Ishiguri, Kazuya Iizuka, Shinso Yokota, Hidekatsu Ohno, Nobuo Yoshizawa
The evaluation of modulus of elasticity at an early stage of growth in sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) wood using S2 microfibril angle of latewood tracheids as a wood quality indicator 10
Taiichi Iki, Akira Tamura, Naoki Nishioka, Masanobu Abe, Kazuya Iizuka
Longitudinal changes of basic density and non-destructive quality evaluation using the pilodyn in todomatsu (Abies sachalinensis) plus tree clones 18
Nobuhiro Sekine, Tatsuya Ashitani, Tetsuya Murayama, Koichi Ogiyama, Koetsu Takahashi
The bioactive extracts of heartwood of Dalbergia latifolia 29
Notes
Hideki Aoi, The late Nobuhiro Mii, Atsushi Miyatake, Fumio Kamiya
The ratio of working stress to allowable stress of structural members of wooden houses II: Beams of houses built in an area of average snowfall 37
Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Yuji Imamura
Development of an evaluation method of photo-stability for house interior materials III: Indoor exposure test of wood-based materials for house interiors by transmitted sunlight through window-sash 45
Proceedings of the Society 51
Review article
Seiji Ohara
Chemical characteristics of bark tannins and their chemical and enzymatic conversions 59
Original articles
Masahiko Toda, Takuya Fujiwara, Yasunobu Noda, Yoshinori Ohashi, Takuro Hirai
Racking performance of floor diaphragms with thick particleboard 69
Shimpei Nakamura, Shinichi Futamura, Kazuya Maeno, Kouzou Yoshitani, Mitsuhiko Tanahashi
Development of stretchable and flexible wood which possesses optimum properties for three-dimensional molding 77
Hirotaka Yoshizawa, Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki
Physical properties and wood bonding performance of polyvinyl alcohol with addition of montmorillonite 85
Yoshito Ohtani, Takuro Noguchi, Hideaki Ichiura
Relationship between sugi butt-rot disease and norlignans in the heartwood 92
Note
Yumi Saito, Masaru Nishimaki, Yoshitaka Tatsumi, Sayaka Ono, Mie Kinoshita, Satoshi Sasayama, Kuniaki Saito
Effects of wooden and vinyl interior finishes on stress reduction: Estimate by biological and psychological parameters 101
Proceedings of the Society 108
Review article
Yuzou Sano
Structure and function of intertracheary pits in hardwood 119
Original articles
Ryouta Tsuchiya, Ikuo Furukawa
The relationship between the maturation age in the size of tracheary elements and the boundary age between the stages of diameter growth in planted poplars 129
Hisaya Miyashita, Haruki Orita, Takatoshi Handa
Evaluation of the wood quality of young Cryptomeria japonica clones 136
Takashi Goto, Shigeo Nakayama, Takashi Ikebuchi, Takeshi Furuno
Effects of forest management using pruning and thinning on wood quality and strength properties of sugi planted in Shimane prefecture II: Relationship between forest management, and visual grading and bending properties of boxed-heart square timbers 146
Kinsaku Nakata, Kohei Komatsu
Development of timber portal frames composed of compressed LVL plates and pins II: Strength properties of compressed LVL joints as moment resisting joints 155
Notes
In-Sun Park, Ryo Funada, Susumu Kondo, Shinya Kajita, Takafumi Kubo
Quantitative determination of magnolol in the callus from petioles and mature seeds of Magnolia obovata 163
Yoshie Terashima, Tomoko Watanabe, Ayuho Suzuki, Norifumi Shirasaka, Takao Terashita
Effect of trehalose added into substrate of Lentinula edodes on emerged fruit bodies I: Relationship between additive amount and yield, trehalose content, freshness preservation and taste evaluation of fruit bodies 170
Proceedings of the Society 176
Review article
Takao Kishimoto
Synthesis of lignin model compounds and their application to wood research 187
Original articles
Yoshio Kijidani, Ryushi Kitahara
Variation of wood properties with height position in the stems of Obi-sugi cultivars 198
Kinsaku Nakata, Kohei Komatsu
Development of timber portal frames composed of compressed LVL plates and pins III: Strength properties of timber portal frames composed of compressed LVL beam-to-column joints and steel column-to-base joints 207
Yoshinori Ohashi, Kazushige Matsumoto, Tsukasa Sato, Takuro Hirai
Mechanical properties of wooden I-beams with plantation timber materials in Hokkaido III: Shear creep property 217
Takayuki Uchisako, Michio Tokuda
Rational timber frame structure jointed with glass fiber reinforced nylon plate I: Basic shear properties of a drift-pin joint to static loads 226
Takayuki Uchisako, MichioTokuda
Rational timber frame structure jointed with glass fiber reinforced nylon plate II: strength properties of drift-pin joints under static loadings 235
Masanori Kishino, Ryo Taniguchi, Akiko Nakagawa-Izumi, Hiroshi Ohi
Chemical characteristics of wood materials treated with an ionic liquid, 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride 243
Proceedings of the Society 249
Original articles
Yoshitaka Kubojima, Isao Kobayashi, Mario Tonosaki, Youki Suzuki
Equilibrium moisture content of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) green wood for columns in a high-temperature water vapor environment 279
Hideaki Korai, Masahiko Kobayashi, Atsushi Sumida, Osamu Yasuda, Takayoshi Osada
Effects of ozonization on properties of wood-based board bonded with SBR-PEG adhesive 285
Nan Ling, Naruhito Hori, Akio Takemura
Effect of postcure conditions on the dynamic mechanical behavior of water-based polymer-isocyanate adhesive for wood II: Investigation of polyvinyl alcohol solution and polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate model 293
Noriyuki Yamashita, Motoi Machida, Masami Aikawa, Hideki Tatsumoto
Preparation of porous bamboo carbon by low-temperature activation in air 299
Atsunori Numata, Masaho Yoshida, Masanori Hamada
An example of applying wood pile as countermeasure against liquefaction during the 1964 Niigata Earthquake 305
Note
Hirofumi Ido, Hirofumi Nagao, Hideo Kato, Noriyuki Yoshida
Shear tests of glulam with different lamina compositions: Failure modes and shear strength 316
Proceedings of the Society 322
Original articles
Long Qing, Hideyuki Yokochi, Shiro Ozaki
Optimization of veneer cutting of sugi I: Fundamental investigation of minimum chip thickness 331
Hikari Kikuchi, Toshimitsu Hata, Yuji Imamura
Development of a novel fast pyrolysis reactor with direct pulsed current-heating for wood biomass 339
Kosuke Murai, Ryuichiro Uchida, Atsushi Okubo, Ryuichiro Kondo
Characterization of the oil palm trunk as a material for bio-ethanol production 346
Notes
Hideki Aoi, Atsushi Miyatake, Fumio Kamiya
The ratio of working stress to allowable stress of structural members of wooden houses III: Columns and sill plates of houses built in a heavy snow area 356
Itsuki Watanabe, Takafumi Shimoda, Kozo Nishibori, Jun Shima
Analysis of fermentation inhibition during ball-vibration simultaneous saccharification and fermentation used for ethanol production from spent mushroom culture medium 363
Proceedings of the Society 369