Crack formation due to weathering of radial and tangential sections of pine and spruce

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-20

  Sandberg, Dick ^a   Sö Derström, Ove ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Picea abies karst; Pinus sylvestris l; Tracheid degradation; Uv laser ablation; Vertical annual rings; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149141210     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270600644407     Document Type: Article

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