Spiral grain on logs under bark reveals twist-prone raw material

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 67-73

  Robert Kliger, I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; FORESTRY; RAW MATERIALS; SAWMILLS;

SPIRAL GRAINS; STUDS;

LUMBER;

BARK; LOGS; STEMS; WOOD GRAIN;

EID: 0035364125     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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