Selecting trees for structural timber

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-167

  Tsehaye, Addis ^a   Buchanan, A H ^b   Walker, J C F ^b  

^a University of Canterbury ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SAWING; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CLEARWOOD;

TIMBER;

FOREST PRODUCTS; LUMBER; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034309698     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001070050407     Document Type: Article

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