| Abstract | 第2页 |
| Table of Contents | 第4-6页 |
| List of Tables | 第6-7页 |
| List of Figures | 第7-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-11页 |
| 1.0 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 2.0 Literature Review | 第14-56页 |
| 2.1 Wood structures related to fluid flow | 第14-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Structure of softwoods | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Structure of hardwoods | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2 The flow path of longitudinal flow in wood | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 Fluid flow theoretical considerations | 第24-38页 |
| 2.3.1 Viscous or linear laminar flow | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Turbulent flow | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3.3 Slip flow or Knudsen diffusion | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3.4 Nonlinear laminar flow | 第34-38页 |
| 2.4 Studies on non-Darcian flow of gases | 第38-52页 |
| 2.4.1 Non-Darcian behaviour due to specimen length | 第40-43页 |
| 2.4.2 Non-Darcian flow due to slip flow | 第43-48页 |
| 2.4.3 Non-Darcian flow due to nonlinear flow | 第48-52页 |
| 2.5 Rational | 第52-56页 |
| 3.0 Materials and Methods | 第56-67页 |
| 3.1 Materials | 第56-57页 |
| 3.2 Description of equipment | 第57-62页 |
| 3.3 Experimental procedure | 第62-67页 |
| 3.3.1 Effect oflength | 第62-64页 |
| 3.3.2 Nonlinear flow and slip flow | 第64-67页 |
| 4.0 Results and Discussion | 第67-126页 |
| 4.1 Specimen length effect and pressure drop due to end effects | 第67-82页 |
| 4.1.1 Specimen length effect and critical length | 第67-78页 |
| 4.1.2 Evaluation of pressure drop due to end effects | 第78-82页 |
| 4.2 Detection of nonlinear flow | 第82-103页 |
| 4.2.1 Detection of nonlinear flow according to the permeability measurements | 第83-91页 |
| 4.2.2 Detection of nonlinear flow according to the relationship between Q and △P | 第91-103页 |
| 4.3 Evaluation of slip flow | 第103-123页 |
| 4.3.1 Detection of slip flow in wood | 第104-110页 |
| 4.3.2 Evaluation of viscous-slip flow model in wood | 第110-123页 |
| 4.4 Separation of the nonlinear laminar flow from turbulent flow | 第123-126页 |
| 5.0 Summary and Conclusions | 第126-129页 |
| 6.0 Recommendations | 第129-130页 |
| Literature Cited | 第130-134页 |
| Symbols and Abbreviations | 第134-136页 |
