Acoustic measurements on standing trees, logs and green lumber

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Grabianowski, M ^a   Manley, B ^b   Walker, J C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

WOODSPEC; YOUNG PINUS RADIATA TREES;

FORESTRY;

ACOUSTICS; STIFFNESS; TREES; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33644887510     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-005-0038-5     Document Type: Article

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