Static bending properties of Finnish birch wood

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 523-530

  Herajarvi H ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ACCLIMATISATION; BENDING STRESSES; MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MOR);

WOOD;

BEND STRENGTH; BENDING; BETULA; ELASTICITY; JUVENILE WOOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 2342459117     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-003-0209-1     Document Type: Article

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