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no, they char which insulates them from further burning, like the heat shields that turn into carbon foam.
this is also why (non-glue-composite) lumber even before this often requires less fire mitigation measures than other buildings, like in more recent five-over-ones
yeah paradoxically even normal plank lumber is fire resistant compared to most things in your house. just not the tiny sticks used for wall studs unless they're treated to do it aggressively
it's a claim that doesn't surprise me in the slightest; one of my crank opinions is that plywood is an inherently superior material for unibody cars
I think the only reason that's a crank theory is that people think you mean the shitty bargain plywood from Home Depot and not like, actually good plywood.
Though it's crash-worthiness likely needs a few half decades of research to catch up even if it's already good at that, simply because of how fuckin high safety standards are.
but yeah the dirty secret of history is that Howard Hughes was actually right
This is ingenious. Does make me wonder if there are/were any traditional methods of processing wood that use similar principles, given how seemingly-straightforward it is.
Also reminds me of the Japanese wooden satellite that's getting sent up to the ISS in a couple months. Really curious to see how that one goes.