Elastic deformation mechanisms of softwoods in radial tension - Cell wall bending or stretching?

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-568

  Modén, Carl S ^a   Berglund, Lars A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWOODS;

CELL WALLS; DEFORMATION MECHANISMS;

WOOD;

PICEA;

EID: 48649105298     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.082     Document Type: Article

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