Variations in volume and dimensions of rays and their effect on wood properties of teak

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497-504

  Rahman, Md Mustafizur ^a   Fujiwara, Shinji ^a   Kanagawa, Yasushi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Compression strength; Ray dimensions; Ray volume; Tectona grandis L.

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; WOOD;

RADIAL COMPRESSION STRENGTH; RAY DIMENSIONS; RAY PROPORTION; RAY VOLUME; TECTONA GRANDIS L;

HARDWOODS;

BANGLADESH; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAY CELLS; TECTONA; TREE DIMENSIONS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 23844452172     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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