A log drying model and its application to the simulation of the impact of bark loss

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Defo, Maurice ^a   Brunette, Gilles ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE;

BARK LOSS; MOISTURE FLOW;

BARK STRIPPING;

BARK; DRYING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOGGING; MOISTURE;

EID: 33744983557     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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