Mechanical properties in relation to selected wood characteristics of black spruce

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Alteyrac, Jérôme ^a   Cloutier, Alain ^a   Ung, Chhun Huor ^b   Zhang, S Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambial age; Microfibril angle; Mixed model; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Ring density; Ring width

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BENDING PROPERTIES; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; RING DENSITY; RING WIDTH;

SOFTWOODS;

BARK; BEND STRENGTH; DENSITOMETRY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBRILS; PICEA MARIANA; PITH; RUPTURE MODULUS;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33646562508     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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