Answer to Question #330083 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for James

Question

A 370-mm wide plank is cut in such a way that the width is in the tangential direction of annual rings.

Compute the change in width as the moisture content changes from 18% to 42%. (The fiber saturation point is 35%, and it shrinks 8.21% in drying from FSP to oven dry in the tangential direction.)