Effects of elevated and high-temperature schedules on warp in southern yellow pine lumber

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Wu, Qinglin ^a   Smith, W Ramsay ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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