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Watanabe, K., Abubakari, A., Lazarescu,
C. and S. Avramidis. Softwood heating in radio frequency fields. Holz als
Roh und Werkstoff (in press).
Lazarescu, C. and S. Avramidis. Shrinkage Response to Tensile Stresses in
Wood Drying III. Stress-Tensile Set Correlation in Short Pieces of Lumber.
Drying Technology (in press)
Lazarescu, C. and S. Avramidis. Modeling Shrinkage Response to Tensile
Stresses in Wood Drying II. Stress - Shrinkage Correlation in Restrained
Specimens. Drying Technology (in press)
Lazarescu, C., Watanabe, K. and S.
Avramidis. Density and Moisture Profile Evolution during Timber Drying by
CT-Scanning Measurements. Drying Technology (in press)
Lazarescu, C. and S. Avramidis.
Modeling Shrinkage Response to Tensile Stresses in Wood Drying I.
Shrinkage-Moisture Interaction in Stress Free Specimens. Drying Technology
(in press).
Tekleyohannes, A, and S. Avramidis
Two-level self-organization of wood properties: a new paradigm for
dimensional analysis and scaling. Wood Science and Technology, 44: 353-268.
Watanabe, K., Hart, F., Mansfield,
S.D. and S. Avramidis. 2010. Near Infrared Spectroscopy Detection of
Surface Wet-pockets in Wood. Holzforschung, 64: 55-60.
Lazarescu, C., Plattner , A., Hart,
F., Breuil, C., and S. Avramidis. 2009. Pasteurization of Hemlock by Radio
Frequency Heating: a preliminary study Forest Products Journal, 59(4):7983
Elustondo, D., Avramidis, S. and R. H.
Keery. 2009. RFV drying schedule development for western red cedar timbers.
Journal of the Institute of Wood Science, 18(2):68-74.
Tanaka, T. Avramidis, S., Shida, S.
2009. Evaluation of Moisture Content Distribution in Wood by Soft X-ray
Imaging. Wood Science Journal, 55: 69-73.
Rayirath, P., Avramidis, S. 2008. Some
aspects of western hemlock air permeability. MADERAS: Ciencia y Technologia,
10(3): 185-193.
Rayirath, P., Avramidis, S. and S. Mansfield. 2008. The Effect of Wood Drying on
Crystallinity and Microfibril Angle in Black Spruce (Picea mariana).
Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology, 28(3): 167-179.
Watanabe, K., Saito, Y., Avramidis, S.
and S Shida. 2008. Non-destructive
measurement of moisture distribution in wood during drying using digital
X-ray microscopy. Drying Technology, 26(5): 590-595.
Avramidis. S. 2008. Guest Editorial, Special
wood issue, Drying Technology, 26(5): 524.
Lazarescu, C. and S. Avramidis.
2008. Drying Related Strain Development in Restrained Wood. Drying
Technology, 26(5): 544-551.
Mansfield, S., Iliadis, L. and S.
Avramidis. 2007. Neural network prediction of bending strength and
stiffness in western hemlock. Holzforschung, 61:707-716.
Alexiadis, P., Cohen, D. H., Kozak, R.
A., and S. Avramidis. 2007. Kiln Drying Canadian Softwoods and Hardwoods:
different species - different problems. Journal of the Institute of Wood
Science, 17(5): 259-267.
Bradic, S. and S. Avramidis. 2007
Impact of Juvenile Wood on Hemlock Timber Drying Characteristics. Forest
Products Journal, 57(1/2): 53-59.
Alexiadis, P., Cohen, D.H., Kozak,
R.A., Avramidis, S. and J. Welling. 2007. Canadian Kiln Drying Survey:
Benchmarking Problems and Issues and a comparison to Europe.
Journal of the Institute
of Wood Science,
17(4): 183-193.
Kang, K-Y., Bradic, S., Avramidis, S.
and S. Mansfield. 2007. Kiln drying
quality of lumber from hybrid poplar clones. Holzforschung, 61(1): 65-73.
Avramidis, S and H. Wu. 2007.
Artificial Neural Network and Mathematical Modeling Comparative Analysis of
Nonisothermal Diffusion of Moisture in Wood. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff,
65: 89-93.
Bradic, S. and S. Avramidis. 2007.
Longitudinal air permeability of pinewood with beetle transmitted
blue-stain. Holz als Roh und Werkstoff 65: 183-185
Bradics, S. and S. Avramidis. 2006.
Impact of Compression Wood and Slope of Grain on Timber Drying of Second
Growth Hemlock. Prerada Drveta (Wood Processing), 4(15-16): 3-11.
Wu, H. and S. Avramidis. 2006.
Prediction of timber kiln drying rates by neural networks. Drying
Technology, 24: 1541 - 1545.
Avramidis, S, Iliadis, L. and S. Mansfield. 2006. Wood Dielectric Loss factor
Prediction with Artificial Neural Networks. Wood Science and Technology,
40: 563 – 574.
Hao, B. and S. Avramidis. 2006. Timber
moisture class assessment in kiln drying. Journal of the Institute of Wood
Science, 17(3): 121-133.
Lazarescu, C., Wu Hongwei, and S.
Avramidis. 2006. Shrinkage Strain in Wood under Kiln Drying Conditions. PRO
Ligno, 2(2): 19 - 28.
Avramidis, S. and L. Iliadis. 2005.
Predicting wood Thermal Conductivity using Artificial Neural Networks. Wood
and Fiber Science, 37(4): 682-690.
Avramidis, S., Shida, S.,
Koumoutsakos, A. and D. Kobayashi. 2005. Stability study of square timbers
in simulated house frame service in Japan. Forest Products Journal,
55(10): 84-91.
Parfitt, L.J, Hartley, I.D. and S.
Avramidis. 2005. Acoustic Constant Property of Interior Spruce (Picea
spp.) from the Central Interior of British
Columbia. Forest
Products Journal, 55(9): 74-76.
Elustondo, S., Avramidis, S. and L.
Oliveira. 2005. Industrial evaluation of re-dry strategy for softwood
lumber. MADERAS: Ciencia y Technologia, 7(2):65-78.
Avramidis, S. and L. Iliadis. 2005.
Wood-Water Sorption Isotherm Prediction with Artificial Neural Networks: a
preliminary study. Holzforschung, 59: 336 – 341.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2005.
Comparative analysis of three methods for stochastic lumber drying
simulation. Drying Technology, 23(1&2): 131-142.
Avramidis, S. and S. Mansfield.2005.
On some physical properties of six aspen clones. Holzforschung, 59(1):
54-58.
Shida, S., Ikeda, T. and S. Avramidis.
2005. Surface checking in air-drying of boxed-heart softwood in Japan.
Forest Product Journal, 55(1): 67-71.
Elustondo, D., Avramidis, S. and R. L.
Zwick. 2005. The demonstration of increased fiber utilization using optimized
lumber sorting and radio frequency vacuum drying. Forest
Products Journal, 55(1): 76-83.
Elustondo, D., S. Avramidis, and L.
Oliveira. 2004. Estimation of green moisture content distribution in hemfir
timber by stochastic simulation. Holzforschung, 58: 413-417.
Papadopoulos, A.N., Avramidis, S. and
D. Elustondo. 2004. The sorption of water vapour by chemically modified
softwood: analysis using various sorption models. Wood Science and
Technology, 39: 99-112.
Hao, B. and S. Avramidis. 2004. Annual
ring orientation and slope of grain effect on the drying characteristics of
hemlock timbers. Forest Products Journal, 54(11): 41-49.
Garcia, P., Avramidis, S. and F. Lam.
2004. Regression modelling of two-dimensional internal temperature and gas
pressure distributions during panel hot-pressing. Holz als Roh und
Werkstoff, 62(4):316-320.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2004.
Estimation of green moisture content distribution in hemfir timber by
stochastic modeling. Holzforschung, 58(4): 413-417.
Sackey, E.K., Avramidis, S. and L. C.
Oliveira. 2004. Exploratory Evaluation of Oscillation Drying for Thick
Hemlock Timbers. Holzforschung, 58(4): 428-433.
Elustondo, D., S. Avramidis, and S.
Shida. 2004. Predicting thermal efficiency in timber radio frequency vacuum
drying. Drying Technology, 22(4): 795-807.
Avramidis, S. 2003. Exploratory
evaluation of a dry/sort/re-dry (DSRD) strategy for thick timbers. Journal
of the Institute
of Wood Science
16(4): 204-210.
Avramidis, S., J. Aune, and L. Oliveira.
2003. Exploring pre-sorting and re-drying strategies for pacific coast
hemlock square timbers. Journal of the Institute of Wood
Science 16(4): 189-198.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2003.
Stochastic numerical model for conventional kiln drying of timbers.
Japanese Journal of Wood Science 49(6): 485-492.
Garcia, P., Avramidis, S. and F. Lam.
2003. Horizontal gas prinfo@iwsc.org.ukessure and temperature distribution
responses to OSB flake alignment during hot-pressing. Holz als Roh und
Werkstoff, 61(6): 425-431.
Hao, B., and S. Avramidis. 2003. Wood
sorption fractality in the hygroscopic range. Part 2. New model development
and validation. Wood and Fiber Science, 35(4):601-608.
Koumoutsakos, A., Avramidis, S., and
S. Hatzikiriakos. 2003. Radio frequency vacuum drying Part III.
Two-dimensional Model, Optimization and Validation. Drying
Technology, 21(8): 1399-1410.
Wallace, J.W., Hartley, I.D. and S.
Avramidis. 2003. Conventional kiln drying and equalization of western hemlock
(Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.)[Sarg]) to Japanese equilibrium moisture content.
Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff, 61: 257-263.
Elustondo, D., Oliveira, L. and S.
Avramidis. 2003. Evaluation of three semi-empirical superheated steam
timber drying models. Drying Technology, 21(5): 875-893.
Elustondo, D., Koumoutsakos, A. and S.
Avramidis. 2003. Non-deterministic description of wood drying: stochastic
dispersion of data in radio frequency vacuum drying. Holzforschung,
57(1):88-94.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2003.
Simulated comparative analysis of sorting strategies for RFV drying. Wood
and Fiber Science, 35(1): 49-55.
Koumoutsakos, A., Avramidis, S. and S.
G. Hatzikiriakos. 2002. Fundamental phenomena in wood RFV drying with
50-ohm amplifier technology. MADERAS: Ciencia y Technologia, 4(1): 15-25.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2002.
Stochastic numerical model for radio frequency vacuum drying of timbers.
Drying Technology, 20(9): 1827-1842.
Hartley, I.
and S. Avramidis. 2002. Sorption hysteresis of western Canadian softwood
species. Journal of the Institute
of Wood Science,
16(1): 63-64.
Avramidis, S. 2002. Stability Response
of Square Timbers: A laboratory simulation of shipping and storage. Journal
of the Institute
of Wood Science,
16(1): 36-43.
Koumoutsakos, A. and S. Avramidis.
2002. Mass transfer characteristics of western hemlock and western red
cedar. Holzforschung, 53(2): 185-190.
Fang, F., J.N.R. Ruddick and S.
Avramidis. 2001. Application of radio frequency heating to utility poles.
Part 3. The use of RF heating to eradicate decay fungi in pole material. Forest Prod. J. 51(11/12):51-55.
Fang, F., J.N.R. Ruddick and S.
Avramidis. 2001. Application of radio frequency heating to utility poles.
Part 2. Accelerated fixation of chromated copper arsenate. Forest Prod. J. 51(9):53-58.
Fang, F., J.N.R. Ruddick and S.
Avramidis. 2001. Application of radio frequency heating to utility poles.
Part 1. RF/V drying of roundwood. Forest
Prod. J. 51(7/8):56-60.
Garcia, P., S. Avramidis, and F. Lam.
2001. Internal temperature and pressure responses to flake alignment during
hot-pressing. Holz als Roh -und Werkstoff, 59:272-275.
Koumoutsakos, A., Avramidis, S., and
S. Hatzikiriakos. 2001. Radio frequency vacuum drying Part I. Theoretical
model. Drying Technol. 19(1):65-84.
Koumoutsakos, A., Avramidis, S., and
S. Hatzikiriakos. 2001. Radio frequency vacuum drying Part II.
Experimental model evaluation Drying Technol. 19(1): 85-98.
Hao, B., and S. Avramidis. 2001. Wood
sorption fractality in the hygroscopic range. Part 1. Evaluation of a
modified classic BET model. Wood and Fiber, 33(1):119-125.
Bao, F., Lu, J. and S.
Avramidis. 1999. On the pertmeability of main wood species in China.
Holzforschung 53(4): 350-354.
Lu, J. and S. Avramidis. 1999.
Non-Darcian air flow in wood. Part 2. Nonlinear flow. Holzforschung,
53(1):77-84.
Lu, J. and S. Avramidis. 1999.
Non-Darcian air flow in wood. Part 3. Slip flow. Holzforschung,
53(1):85-92.
Zhou, B., and S. Avramidis. 1999. On
the loss factor of two B.C. softwoods. Wood Sci. and Technol.,
33(4):299-310.
Koumoutsakos, T., and S. Avramidis.
1999. Enthalpy-entropy compensation in water sorption by various wood
species. Holz als- Roh und Werkstoff 57(5):379-382.
Fan, K., Hatzikiriakos, S.G., and S.
Avramidis. 1999. Determination of the surface fractal dimension from
sorption isotherms of five softwoods. Wood Sci. Technol. 33(2):139-149.
Jung, H-J., Avramidis, S. and L. Cai.
1998. Drying characteristics of large western red cedar timber during radio
frequency/vacuum drying (in Korean). Mokchae Konghak, 23(3):1-8.
Cai, L., Koumoutsakos, A. and S.
Avramidis. 1998. On the optimization of a RF/V kiln drying schedule for thick
Western hemlock timbers. J. Institute
of Wood Sci. 14(6):
283-286.
Oudjehane, A., Lam, F., and S.
Avramidis. 1998. A continuum model of the interaction between manufacturing
variables and consolidation of wood composite mats. Wood Sci. Technol. 32(6):381-391.
Oudjehane, A., Lam, F., and S.
Avramidis. 1998. Forming and pressing processes of random and oriented wood
composite mats. Composites, B 29B: Eng. J. 29(3):211-215.
Lu, J. and S. Avramidis. 1997.
Non-Darcian air flow in wood. Part 1. Specimen length effect.
Holzforschung, 51(6):577-583.
Cai, L., Avramidis, S., and A.A.
Enayati. 1997. Moisture sorption and movement in Parallam and TimberStrand.
Holz als- Roh und Werkstoff, 55: 365-369.
Zhang, L., Avramidis, S., and S.G.
Hatzikiriakos. 1997. Moisture flow characteristics during radio
frequency/vacuum drying of thick lumber. Wood Sci. Technol. 31(4): 265-277.
Cai, L. and S. Avramidis. 1997. Study
on the separation of diffusion and surface emission coefficient of wood.
Drying Technol.,15(5): 1457-1473.
Li. M., Avramidis, S., Oliveira, L.,
and I.D. Hartley. 1997. The effect of vertical air gaps, air velocities and
fan revolutions on the drying characteristics of thick hemlock.
Holzforschung, 51(4): 381-387.
Avramidis, S., and R.L. Zwick.
1997. Commercial scale RF/V drying of softwood lumber. Part III. Energy
consumption and economics. Forest
Prod. J. 47(1):48-56.
Hartley, I.D., and S. Avramidis. 1996.
Static dimensional changes of sitka
spruce and western hemlock influenced by sorption conditions. J. Institute of Wood Sci. 14(2):83-88.
Bicho, P.A., Chen, T., Avramidis, S.,
Zwick, R.L., Breuil, C., and J.N. Saddler. 1996. Characterization and
treatment of condensates generated from radio-frequency/vacuum dried
softwoods. Forest Prod. J. 46(10):51-56.
Avramidis, S., and J.N. Ruddick.
1996. CCA accelerated fixation by dielectric heating. Forest Prod. J., 46(7/8):52-55
Avramidis, S., Zwick, R.L., and J.B.
Neilson. 1996. Commercial scale RF/V drying of softwood lumber. Part I.
Basic kiln design considerations. Forest
Prod. J., 45(5):44-51
Avramidis, S., and R.L. Zwick. 1996.
Commercial scale RF/V drying of softwood lumber. Part II. Drying
characteristics and lumber quality. Forest
Prod. J., 46(6):27-36
Hartley, I.D., S. Avramidis, and A.
MacKay. 1996. 1H-NMR studies of water interactions in sitka spruce and western hemlock:
moisture content determination and second moments. Wood Sci. Technol.
30(2):141-148.
Siau, J.F., and S. Avramidis.
1996. The surface emission coefficient for wood. Wood and Fiber Sci.
28(2):178-185.
Zhang, Y., L. Oliveira and
Avramidis, S., 1996. Drying characteristics of square hem-fir lumber
as affected by species and basic density presorting. For. Prod. J. 46(2):
44-50
Avramidis, S., and S.G.
Hatzikiriakos. 1995 Convective heat and mass transfer in
nonisothermal moisture desorption. Holzforschung, 47(2):163-167.
Hartley, D.I. and S. Avramidis.
1994 Water clustering phenomenon in two softwoods during absorption
and desorption processes. J. Inst. Wood Sci. 76(4): 467-474.
Troughton, G.E., A.W. Andersen, S.
Avramidis and F. Liu. 1994 Radio-frequency/vacuum veneer drying
experiments. Holz als-Roh-und Werkstoff (brief original), 52:278.
Avramidis, S., and F. Liu.
1994 Drying characteristics of thick lumber in a laboratory
radio-frequency/vacuum dryer. Drying Technology, 12(8):
1963-1981.
Liu, F., S. Avramidis and R.L.
Zwick. 1994 Drying thick western hemlock in a laboratory
radio-frequency/vacuum dryer with constant and variable electrode
voltage. Forest Prod. J.,
44(6):71-75.
Hatzikiriakos, S.G., and S.
Avramidis. 1994 Fractal dimension of wood surfaces from
sorption isotherms. Wood Sci. Technol., 28(4): 275-284.
Avramidis, S., G.S. Hatzikiriakos, and
J.F. Siau. 1994 An irreversible thermodynamics model for
unsteady-state nonisothermal moisture diffusion in wood. Wood Sci.
Technol., 28(5): 349-358.
Liu, J., Avramidis, S., and S.
Ellis. 1994 Simulation of heat and moisture transfer in wood
during drying under constant ambient conditions. Holzforschung,
48(3): 236-240.
Dwinell, L.D., S. Avramidis, and J.E.
Clark. 1994 Evaluation of a radio-frequency/vacuum dryer for eradicating
the pine wood nematode in green sawn wood. Forest
Prod. J., 44(4): 19-24.
Avramidis, S., Liu F., and B.J.
Neilson. 1994. Radio-frequency/vacuum drying of
softwoods: Drying of thick western red cedar with constant electrode
voltage. Forest Prod. J.,
44(1): 41-47.
Ellis, S., J. Dubois, and S.
Avramidis. 1994. A comparison of a line scan camera and an
image analysis system used to determine the macroporosity of
PARALLAM®. Wood Fiber Sci., 26(1): 70-77.
Araujo, C.D., S. Avramidis, and A.L.
MacKay. 1994. NMR second moment and T2 dependence on moisture
content of lodgepole pine. Holzforschung, 48(1):69-74.
Avramidis, S., and L. Oliveira.
1993. Influence of presteaming on kiln drying of thick Pacific coast
hemlock. Forest Prod. J.,
43(11): 7-12.
Avramidis, S., S. Ellis, and J.
Liu. 1993. The alleviation of brown stain in hem-fir through
manipulation of kiln-drying schedules. Forest
Prod. J., 43(10):65-69.
Avramidis, S. 1993.
Unsteady-state sorption of chloropicrin by wood. Holzforschung, 47
(3): 197-201.
Hartley, I.,
and S. Avramidis. 1993. Analysis of the wood sorption isotherm
using clustering theory. Holzforschung, 47(2):163-167.
Siau. J.F., and S. Avramidis.
1993. Application of a thermodynamic model to nonisothermal diffusion
experiments. Wood Sci. Technol. 27(2):95-114.
Ellis, S., and S. Avramidis.
1993. Brown stain in Pacific coast hemlock. J. International
Assoc. of Wood Anatomists 14(1):23-28.
Avramidis, S., and P. Lau.
1992. Thermal coefficients of wood particles by a transient heat-flow
method. Holzforschung, 46(5):449-453.
Avramidis, S., P. Englezos, and T.
Papathanasiou. 1992. Dynamic nonisothermal transport in
hygroscopic porous media: moisture diffusion in wood. Am. Inst. Chem. Eng.
J., 38(8):1279-1287.
Dubois, J., S. Avramidis, G.J.F.
Mackay, and L. Oliveira. 1992. The influence of conditioning on
internal checking of high temperature dried Pacific coast hemlock. Forest Prod. J. 42(7/8):31-36.
Avramidis, S., and R. Zwick.
1992. Exploratory radio frequency/vacuum drying of three B.C.
softwoods. Forest Prod. J., 42(7/8):17-24.
Avramidis, S. 1992.
Enthalpy-entropy compensation and thermodynamic considerations in sorption
phenomena. Wood Sci. Technol. 26(5):329-333.
Lam, F., S. Avramidis, and G.
Lee. 1992. Effect of ultrasonic vibration on convective heat transfer
between water and wood cylinders. Wood Fiber Sci., 24(2):
154-160.
Avramidis, S., and J. Dubois.
1992. Sorption energies of some Canadian species. Holzforschung
46(2): 177-179.
Avramidis, S., and J.N.R.
Ruddick. 1989. Effect of temperature and moisture on CCA
fixation. Holz als-Roh-und Werkstoff. 47(8):328.
Avramidis, S. 1989.
Evaluation of "three-variable" models for the prediction of
equilibrium moisture content in wood. Wood Sci. Technol.
23(2):251-258.
Avramidis, S., and L.A. Smith. 1989. The effect
of resin content and face-to-core ratio on some properties of oriented
strand board. Holzforschung. 43(2):131-133.
Avramidis, S. 1988.
Experiments on the effect of ultrasonic energy on the absorption of preservatives
by wood. Wood Fiber Sci. 2(3):397-403.
Avramidis, S., and G.J.F.
Mackay. 1988. Development of kiln schedules for 4" x
4" Pacific coast hemlock. For. Prod. J. 38(9):45-48.
Avramidis, S., and J.F. Siau.
1987. Experiments in nonisothermal diffusion of moisture in
wood. Part III. Wood Sci. Technol. 21(4):329-334.
Avramidis, S., and J.F. Siau.
1987. An investigation of the external and internal resistance to
moisture diffusion in wood. Wood Sci. Technol. 21(3):249-256.
Avramidis, S., N. Kuroda, and J.F.
Siau. 1987. Experiments in nonisothermal diffusion of moisture
in wood. Part II. Wood Fiber Sci. 19(4):407-413 .
Siau, J.F., F. Bao, and S.
Avramidis. 1986. Experiments in nonisothermal diffusion of
moisture in wood. Part I. Wood Fiber Sci. 18(1):84-89.
Bao, F., J.F. Siau, and S.
Avramidis. 1986. Permeability and capillary structure of
Chinese woods. Wood Fiber Sci. 18(2):220-227.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Hart,
F., Avramidis, S. and S.D. Mansfield.
2008. Detection of Wet-pockets in
Hemlock Using Near Infrared
Spectroscopy. In proceedings, COST E53 Conference, Delft, Holland, 28-31
October, 105-113.
Lazarescu, C., and Avramidis, S. 2007
Evaluation of Hygrothermal Shrinkage Strain in Tsuga heterophylla. International
Conference on Wood Industry in the Third Millennium – 6th edition. Brasov, Romania,
58-65.
Lazarescu, C. and S. Avramidis. 2007.
Drying stress development paterns in restarined wood. IUFRO Wood Drying
Conference, Bangor, Maine, 44-49.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2004.
The demonstration of increased lumber value using combined lumber sorting
and RFV drying. COST-E15 Conference on Wood Drying, Athens, Greece,
111-120.
Alexiadis, P., Cohen, D., Kozak, R.A.,
Avramidis, S. and J. Welling. 2004. A comparison of kiln drying issues
between Canada and Europe. COST-E15, European conference on Wood
Drying, Athens, Greece, 6-13.
García, P.J., Avramidis, S. and
F. Lam. 2002. A regression model for horizontal temperature and gas
pressure distributions. 6th Pacific Rim Bio-based Composites Symposium, Portland, OR,
poster presentation.
Garcia, P., Avramidis, S. and F. Lam.
2002.Three-Dimensional Heat and Mass Transfer During Oriented-Strandboard
Hot-Pressing. 6th Pacific Rim Bio-based Composites Symposium, Portland, OR,
268 - 277.
Zwick, R.L., Dergousoff, T. and S.
Avramidis. 2002. Design considerations of a commercial Q-Sift installation
for re-drying hemlock lumber. 52nd annual meeting of the Western dry Kiln
Association, Reno, Nevada, USA, 58-64.
Elustondo, D. and S. Avramidis. 2002.
Modeling a timber dry/sort/re-dry strategy using combined conventional and
dielectric technologies. COST-E15 Conference on Wood Drying, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 138-148.
Zwick, R.L, and S. Avramidis. 2001.
Q-Sift – A novel processing approach to meet the end-user’s requirements
for wood moisture content. COST-E15 “Advances in the Wood Drying”
conference proceedings. Helsinki,
Finland,
94-103.
Zwick, R.L, and S. Avramidis. 2000.
Commercial RF/V kiln drying - recent successes. In Proceedings of the 51st
annual meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association, Reno, Nevada, USA,
36-44.
Garcia, P., Avramidis, S. and F. Lam.
2000. Flake-alignment effects on temperature and gas pressure development
during OSB hot-pressing. In Proceedings of the 34th International
Particleboard/Composite materials Symposium, Washington
State University, Pullma,
WA.
Avramidis, S. 1999. Radio frequency
vacuum drying of wood. In proceedings of the COST E15 Wood Drying
Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 125-138.
Hao, B. and S. Avramidis. 1999.
Geometry of wood internal surfaces in hygroscopic range by using fractal
theory. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the
Development of Wood Science, Wood Technology and Forestry. Missenden Abbey, UK , 486-493.
Garcia, P., Avramidis, S. and F. Lam.
1999. Oriented-starnd-board hot-pressing and strand orientation. In
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Development of Wood
Science, Wood Technology and Forestry. Missenden Abbey, UK,
365-374.
Themelin, A., Avramidis, S., Liaras,
A. and C. Aymard. 1999. A comparative study behaviour of lignocellulosic
products at sorption. In Proceedings of the 6th International IUFRO Wood
Drying Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25-28 January 1999.
Oudjehane, A., F. Lam and S.
Avramidis. 1998. Modeling the influence of the formation process on
engineering properties of flakeboards. pp. 1-6 in Porc. Engineered Systems
Using Structural Panels. Forest Products
Society 1997 Annual. Meeting.
Zwick, R.L., Avramidis, S. and L. Cai.
1997. Drying methods to eliminate or reduce wet pockets - the RFV drying
experience. In Proceedings of the “Quality Lumber Drying in the Pacific
Northwest” Forest Products Society sponsored International Conference,
Penticton, BC, Canada, pp.56-62
Oudjehane, A., Lam, F., and S.
Avramidis. 1997. On the process of random and defined structures in wood
composites. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite
Engineering (ICCE 4), Hawaii
(proceedings in press).
Oudjehane, A., Lam, F. and S.
Avramidis, 1997. Modeling the influence of formation process on properties
of flakeboards, In Proceedings of the 50th Forest Products Society Meeting,
Vancouver, Canada, June 22-26, pp. 1-5
Zwick, R.L , Avramidis, S.,Bicho,
P.A., Chen, T., Breuil, C., and J.N. Saddler. 1997. Effluent treatment of
condensates generated from radio-frequency/vacuum dried softwoods. In
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association,
Reno, Nevada, pp. 53-63.
Avramidis, S. 1997. Current
research on radio frequency/vacuum drying of wood. Invited Paper. In
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Development of
Forestry and Wood Science/Technology. Belgrade,
Yugoslavia,
pp. 124-139.
Avramidis, S. 1997. The basics
of sorption. Invited Paper. COST Action E8 - In Proceedings of the
International Conference on Wood Mechanics. Theme: Wood-Water Relations.
European Commission, Copenhagen,
Denmark,
pp. 1-8.
Avramidis, S., Zhang, L., and S.G.
Hatzikiriakos. 1996. Moisture transfer characteristics in wood during RF/V
drying. In Proceedings of the 5th International IUFRO Wood Drying
Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, pp. 125-133.
Rosza, A.N., and S. Avramidis. 1996.
Radio frequency/vacuum drying of eucalypt timbers. In Proceedings of the
5th International IUFRO Wood Drying Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, pp.
135-138.
Zwick, R.L., and S. Avramidis. 1996.
Current status of radio frequency/vacuum drying. In Proceedings of the 47th
Annual Meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association, Vancouver, BC, pp.
45-51.
Li, M., Avramidis, S., Oliveira, L.,
and I.D. Hartley. 1996. Do vertical air gaps affect the drying
characteristics of hemfir baby squares? Results of a preliminary study. In
Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association,
Vancouver, BC, pp. 13-27.
Avramidis, S., and R.L. Zwick. 1996.
Development of a commercial scale radio frequency/vacuum kiln. In
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Development of Wood
Science, Technology and Forestry. Sopron,
Hungary,
pp. 45-59.
Zwick, R.L., Herring J., Hoefer, W.,
and S. Avramidis. 1995. Design considerations for
radio-frequency/vacuum dryers. 30th Annual Microwave Symposium, International
Microwave Power Institute, Denver,
Colorado.
Zwick, R.L., and S. Avramidis. 1995.
The commercial viability of radio frequency/vacuum drying of softwoods.
Forest Products Society, Drying Pacific Northwest Species for Quality
Markets, Conference Proceedings, Bellevue, Washington, pp. 87-94.
Avramidis, S. and R.L. Zwick. 1995.
Dielectric drying of wood under vacuum. In Proceedings of the International
Conference on
Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Cambridge,
UK, pp.
S33.1-S33.4
Avramidis, S., Lui, F., and R.L.
Zwick. 1994. High frequency drying of thick lumber. In
Proceedings of the 15th annual meeting of the Canadian Wood Preservation
Association, Toronto, Ontario, pp. 13-30.
Hartley, I.
and S. Avramidis. 1994. NMR studies of water interactions in
wood. In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Wood Structure and Properties,
Zvolen, Slovakia, pp. 68-76.
Avramidis, S., Liu, F., and R.L.
Zwick. 1994. Radio-frequency/vacuum drying of thick softwood
lumber. Forest Products Society Conference on Wood Drying, Charlotte, North
Carolina, pp. 109-118.
Lu, J., Ellis, S. and S.
Avramidis. 1994. Analysis of reflectance spectra of
brown-stained western hemlock lumber. In Proceedings of the Wood
Preservation in the ‘90s and Beyond, Savannah,
Georgia,
pp. 255.
Zwick, R., and S. Avramidis.
1994. Preliminary commercialization studies of the RF/V drying
process for thick softwoods. International Symposium. Theorie
und Praxis der Vakuum-Schnittholztrocknung. Zvolen, Slovakia,
pp. 108-116.
Avramidis, S. 1994. Drying
thick lumber in a reduced ambient pressure and with internal heat
generation. In Proceedings of the the 1st International Conference on the
Development of Wood Science/Technology and Forestry. UKHigh Wycombe, England, pp. 81-92.
Oliveira, L., Avramidis, S., and Y.
Zhang. 1994. Effects of species and basic density on the drying
characteristics of 4 x 4 hem-fir lumber. In Proceedings of the 45th annual
meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association, Vancouver, Canada, pp.
35-61.
Zwick, R.L., and S. Avramidis.
1993. Radio frequency drying of thick lumber. In Proceedings of the
Forest Products Society International Conference on the Globalization of
Wood: Portland, Oregon, Proceedings No. 7319, pp.
80-86.
Oliveira, L., and S. Avramidis.
1993. Effects of presteaming on shrinkage and moisture content
distribution of 4" by 4" hemfir lumber. In Proceedings of the
44th annual meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Association, Reno, Nevada, pp. 60-66.
Avramidis, S., T. Papathanasiou, and
P. Englezos. 1992. Modeling of dynamic nonisothermal moisture
diffusion in wood. Refereed Proceedings of 3rd International
Conference on Wood Drying, Vienna.
M. Vanek (Ed.), pp. 23-37.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS – REPORTS TO
INDUSTRY
Avramidis, S. and C. Tanaka. 2008.
Exploratory superheated steam drying of western hemlock square timbers in Japan.
Coast Forest Products Association final report. 12pp.
Avramidis, S. 2008. Evaluation of a New
Hand-held Japanese Capacitance Wood Moisture Meter. Coast Forest Products
Association final report. 8pp.
Avramidis, S. and S.
Mansfield. 2008. Eliminating Wet-spots in BC coastal Hemlock
Lamstock. Phase 1: Evaluation of NIR technology to detect wet-spots. Coast Forest Products Association – FII
final report. 15pp.
Avramidis, S. 2008. Pasteurization of
Lumber Using Dielectric Heating: A Preliminary Study. Canada Wood – FII final report.
27pp.
Avramidis, S. 2006. Timber drying
prediction model. NRCan–CFS Value-to-Wood program final report.
Avramidis, S. and B. Hao. 2005.
Industrial scale moisture class assessment of Pacific coast hemlock kild
drying. UBC-Wood Science report to the Coastal
Forest and Lumber Association and
the ZAIRAI Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 25pp.
Avramidis, S. and B. Hao. 2004.
Pacific coast hemlock stability and moisture class assessment.
UBC-Wood Science report to the Coastal
Forest and Lumber Association and
the ZAIRAI Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 41pp.
Avramidis, S. and S. Shida. 2003.
Stability of Hemlock Timbers in Transportation and Service in Japan.
UBC-Wood Science report to the Coastal
Forest and Lumber Association and
the ZAIRAI Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 25pp.
Avramidis, S. and B. Hao. 2003.
AUTOMATED LUMBER SORTING FOR STABILITY (ALSOS): Effect of Slope
of Grain and Annual Ring Orientation on the Drying Characteristics of
Hemlock Baby Squares. UBC-Wood Science report to the Coastal
Forest and Lumber Association and
the ZAIRAI Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 27pp.
Avramidis, S. 2001. Evaluation of
conventional and radio frequency vacuum drying and re-drying of pacific
coast hemlock hashira and hirakaku timbers. (CARP-2). UBC-Wood Science
report to the Coastal Forest and Lumber Association and the ZAIRAI
Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 42pp.
Avramidis, S. 2000. A laboratory
simulation of the physical response of 105 mm square hemfir timber
during transportation and storage from Vancouver
to Tokyo
port. (CARP-2). UBC-Wood Science report to the Coastal
Forest and Lumber Association and
the ZAIRAI Lumber Partnership, Vancouver,
BC. 13pp.
Zwick, R.L., Avramidis, S., Herring,
J., Hoeffer, W., Neilson, B., Girard, R., Aune, J., and Donnelly.
1995. Radio frequency/vacuum kiln project. Final report,
Council of Forest Industries, 750 pp.
Avramidis, S., 1994. Application
of fractal dimensionality to wood and wood products. Research
Highlight. Branchlines, 5(3):2.
Oliveira, L., Mackay, G. Zhang, Y. and
S. Avramidis. 1994. The effect of presteaming on drying quality
of thick Pacific coast hemlock. Research report to the Science
Council of British Columbia, 105 pp.
Avramidis, S., and S. Ellis.
1993. Brown stain in Pacific coast hemlock: evaluation and alleviation
through special drying methods. Research report to the Science
Council of British Columbia, 16 pp.
Avramidis, S. 1992. Radio
Frequency/Vacuum Drying of B.C. Softwoods. Research Highlight.
Branchlines, (3)2:2.
Avramidis, S. 1992. The study
of dielectric properties of spruce, hemlock, western red cedar and D-fir at
varying MC, temperature, grain orientation and frequency. Research
Report to the Science Council of British
Columbia, 50 pp.
Avramidis, S., and J.F.G.
Mackay. 1987. Nonisothermal unsteady-state diffusion of moisture in
wood. Technical Report. Forintek Canada Corp., Vancouver, B.C., No.
021215023.
Avramidis, S. 1985.
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics applied to heat and moisture transport of
gases and through aqueous membranes. State Univ.
of New York, College of
Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse,
N.Y.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Physical Properties of Wood. In “The Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences”. 2004. Academic Press, pages
1828-1835.
Bound Water Migration in Wood. In “Fundamentals of Wood Drying”.
2007. European COST, A.R.BO.LOR., pages 105-124.
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