Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Palm Byproducts Wood and Boards
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood from Date Palms Related to Structure
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Vascular Bundles Properties
4 Conclusion
References
Mechanical Dewatering of Wet Oil Palm Lumber Prior to Press-Drying
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Research Approach
1.3 Research Goal
2 Material and Methods
2.1 Material Procurement and Sample Preparation
2.2 Mechanical Dewatering with a Roller Press

2.3 Thermo-Mechanical Dewatering with a Roller Press
2.4 Thermo-Mechanical Press-Drying in a Single-Daylight Press
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Reduction of the Moisture Content Achieved by Mechanical Dewatering in the Roller Press
3.2 Influence of Mechanical Dewatering on the Surface and Shape of the Boards
4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Glued Laminated Timber from Oil Palm Timber - Beam Structure, Production and Elastomechanical Properties
1 Introduction
2 Material and Methods
2.1 Oil Palm Wood Material
2.2 Calculation of Lamella Strength Class Limits

2.3 Strength Grading of the Boards
2.4 Production of Glued Laminated Timber (GLT)
2.5 Testing Methods
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Fracture Patterns and Failure Description
3.2 Density
3.3 Bending Strength
3.4 Bending Stiffness
4 Conclusion
References
Effects of Density and Resin Content on Particleboard from Oil Palm Frond (OPF)
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 Results and Discussions
4 Summary
References
The Impact Response of Coconut Fibreboards with Corn Starch (CS), Tapioca Starch (TS) and Rice Flour (RF) as Natural Binders

1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Palm Byproducts Polymeric Composites
Processing and Alkali Treatment Impact Towards Oil Palm Frond Fibers Bulk Density and Wood-Plastic Composite Performance
1 Introduction
2 Material and Method
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Effect of Angle Ply on Tensile Strength of Unidirectional Glass/Epoxy and Arenga Pinnata/Epoxy Hybrid Composite Laminate
1 Introduction
2 Methods
2.1 Numerical Validation
2.2 Convergence Analysis

2.3 Modelling and Failure Analysis of Composite Laminates
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Bending Stress and Deformation Analysis of Nanosilica Filled Arenga Pinnata/Epoxy and Glass/Epoxy Polymer Composites
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Method
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Effect of Arenga Pinnata Fibre Volume Content to the Maximum Bending Stress and Maximum Deflection at Failure Load Condition of Different Fibre Ply Orientations