Influence of age and height position on colombian Guadua angustifolia bambo mechanical properties

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnologia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Correal, D Juan Francisco ^a   Juliana Arbelaez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Guadua angustifolia kunt; Mature age; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

GUADUA; GUADUA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 77956524991     PISSN: 07173644     EISSN: 0718221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-221X2010000200005     Document Type: Article

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