Sorting logs and lumber for stiffness using director HM200

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Carter, Peter ^a   Chauhan, Shakti ^b   Walker, John ^b  

^a Carter Holt Harvey Limited   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Density; Director HM200; Radiata pine; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SAWING; SOFTWOODS; STIFFNESS;

OFFSETTING EFFECTS; SORT BOARDS; SORT LOGS;

LUMBER;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CORRELATION; LOGS; LUMBER; PINUS RADIATA; SAWING; STIFFNESS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

EID: 33644645851     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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