Native wood revaluation through green gluing: a systemic review

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify more representative variables that can be considered during the gluing process of wood from native forests in Chile with the green gluing technique, given that it has the potential to produce structural elements for the construction industry from fine woods that are currently undervalued. In order to do so, the methodology consisted of applying a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and a bibliometric mapping of scientific publications (2000-2019) indexed in the Scopus database. As a result of the analysis, 3 thematic lines were established: "Environmental Impact", "Performance" and "Variable-Influenced Performance". Based on these lines, the most representative variables that determine the production of wet glue laminated wood, were extracted. These identified variables will be the basis for the elaboration of a green gluing methodology that has been adapted to the native timber gluing process.