Fixation of compressive deformation in wood by pre-steaming

1Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan 2Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan 3Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan 4USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. E-mail: rmrowell@wisc.edu 5Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan