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Centre
Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement
(CTBA) was created in 1952 to provide industry with services
including research, studies, testing, certification,
standardisation, technical assistance, consulting, technology watch,
training and documentation.
CTBA
deals with issues related to wood, from harvesting to end products,
and with furniture issues also including other materials than wood.
Today, 260 employees - of which two thirds are engineers and
technicians - constitute the workforce, located at three sites in
France: Paris, Pont-à-Mousson, and Bordeaux where a new important
unit for wood & construction has been fully operational since
1999.
Research
and studies constitute 30% of the activities, with a large
involvement in European research for several years. Research is
carried out in the following fields: harvesting, drying, defect
detection, characterisation, machining, preservation, coating,
glueing, construction - assembly, furniture design, environment.
CTBA's Research Report can be accessed at: www.ctba.fr
As
member of European scientific and sectoral networks, CTBA
contributes to a rich exchange concerning R&D issues aiming at
anticipating industry's future needs : COST, Eurowood (wood research
and technology institutes), Eurifi (furniture research and
technology institutes).
The
responsible scientist for the network will be Ir.
Jean-Luc Kouyoumji (Ph.D. candidate).
He is the group leader of bamboo projects within CTBA. He is
specialized in building engineering and acoustics and has studied
the mechanical behaviour of bamboo in the Fair Project ‘Bamboo for
Europe’.
Assisting
Ir. Kouyoumji in
this project are Dr. Jean-Denis Lanvin, Mr. Pierre Bonfils,
and Mr. Francois Plassat, all of whom also participated in the Fair
Project ‘Bamboo
for Europe’. Dr.
Lanvin holds a Ph.D. in mechanics and is specialized in wood grading
and non-destructive
tests. Mr. Bonfils is a commercial engineer specialized in business,
marketing, development issues and socioeconomic analysis. Mr.
Francois Plassat is a wood engineer and is specialized as a
furniture consultant and in technico-economical studies.
The
recent publications of CTBA’s team include:
Kouyoumji,
Jean-Luc. Bamboo
subject : Potentialité du bambou dans le domaine de la
construction, Newsletter 15, Belgian Bamboo Society, 1997.
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Caractérisation des parois courantes et des liaisons
structurales pour la prévision de l'isolement acoustique d'une
construction bois, Annales GC Bois Vol. 4 Déc. 1999, pp 23-35.
Lanvin
JD, R. Cholat, R. Chatelu, and F. Graf.
“Housing with Sitka spruce : a new challenge."
Proceeding de l’atelier technique EuroWood, 31 may-1er Juin
1999, Florence.
Lanvin
JD, R. Chatelu, D. Reuling, and P. Joyet. “Classement des bois
de structure en Pin Maritime par Contrôle Non Destructif.”
Proceeding du colloque ARBORA “Pin Maritime," 4-5
décembre 1999.
Plassat,
Francois. Les techniques de l'Ingénieur, Mise en oeuvre et
usinage du bois. Collection Les techniques de l'Ingénieur.
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