Effect of moisture content on the drill resistance value in Taiwania plantation wood

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-238

  Lin, Cheng Jung ^a   Wang, Song Yung ^b   Lin, Far Ching ^b   Chiu, Chih Ming ^a  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Drill resistance technique; Moisture content; RESISTOGRAPH ; Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata)

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DESORPTION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

BULK DENSITY; DRILL RESISTANCE TECHNIQUE; TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIODES HAYATA;

WOOD;

DESORPTION; MOISTURE; SATURATION; SOFTWOODS; TREES; WATER;

TAIWANIA; TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES;

EID: 0038679315     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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