In the thesis, we evaluated the changes in glued wood after two years of outdoor exposure. The samples were exposed in the work field of the Department of Wood Science and Technology, at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. After two years of exposure the samples were compared with unexposed samples. We tested spruce beech and larch wood samples, which were glued with different types of adhesive (PVAc, PUR and MUF) and coated with different protective coatings. Thermally modified larch wood was also included in the tests. In the thesis, we were concerned with the changing of the mechanical and visual properties of the samples. We ran tests to check the differences in flexural strength, compressive strength, sheer strength, decomposition and delamination. Measurements were performed at the Department of Wood Science and Technology, and the mechanical properties were tested with a ZwickRoell Z100 machine. Before starting the tests, we set three hypotheses which were assessed based on the results. The values of flexural modulus, compressive strength and density did not change significantly after two years. However, a larger decrease was observed in shear strength. The delamination test showed that two years of year exposure had no significant effect on the adhesive bond.
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