Study on bending chracteristics of fast growing eucalyptus bookcase shelves by using burgers model
This paper used fast-growing eucalyptus wood to prepare three shelf structures as solid wood puzzle, frame panels, and flat puzzle plus metal wear belt, respectively, and then, a creep tests was examined. After fitting the examined results by Burgers creep model, the long-term creep tendency was predicted from the short-term creep behavior of the three structures. Based on the Burgers creep model analysis, an optimized structure that can alleviate the bending problem on bookcase shelf was obtained. The results also provide practical reference for fast-growing eucalyptus wood for furniture design. During comparative analysis of the bending creep and strain, the results show that the flexural creep properties of frame panel and flat puzzle plus metal wear belt were superior to those of solid wood puzzle. After considering the aesthetics, frame panel was the best structure. Furthermore, the fitting results show that using the Burgers model to analyze the creep process of furniture is a very effective method and has strong theoretical and practical significance.