Effects of moisture content and specific gravity on static bending properties and hardness of six wood species

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Wang, Song Yung ^a   Wang, Hou Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hardness; Moisture content; Specific gravity; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144553489     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01192329     Document Type: Article

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