Air permeability in longitudinal and radial directions of compression wood of Picea abies L. and tension wood of Fagus sylvatica L.

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-356

  Tarmian, Asghar ^a   Perré, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Compression wood; Normal wood; Reaction wood; Tension wood

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW PATHS; ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ANATOMICAL POINTS; COMPRESSION WOOD; DRYING KINETICS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FINAL MOISTURE CONTENTS; FREE WATERS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTIONS; NORMAL WOOD; PICEA ABIES; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; RADIAL WALLS; REACTION WOOD; TENSION WOOD;

AIR PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARITY; DEWATERING; FORESTRY; REACTION KINETICS;

WOOD;

AIR PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSION WOOD; DRAINAGE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; REACTION KINETICS; WOOD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 63849086297     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.048     Document Type: Article

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