Variations in acoustic velocity and density with age, and their interrelationships in radiata pine

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Chauhan, S S ^a   Walker, J C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Density; Modulus of elasticity; Outerwood; Radiata pine

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI;

HITMAN TOOL; OUTERWOODS; TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF);

HARDWOODS;

AGE; RESONANCE; TREE; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTICS; DENSITY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; PINUS RADIATA; VELOCITY;

EID: 33646932206     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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