Hydraulic efficiency compromises compression strength perpendicular to the grain in Norway spruce trunkwood

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-299

  Rosner, Sabine ^a   Karlsson, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compression strength perpendicular to the grain; Conduit wall reinforcement; Hydraulic efficiency; Modulus of elasticity in bending; Norway spruce; Structure function relationships; Vulnerability to cavitation; Wood shrinkage

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CONDUIT WALL REINFORCEMENT; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY IN BENDING; NORWAY SPRUCE; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS; VULNERABILITY TO CAVITATION; WOOD SHRINKAGE;

CAVITATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULICS; REINFORCEMENT; SHRINKAGE; STIFFNESS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOD;

BENDING STRENGTH;

BENDING; CAVITATION; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DUCTS; ELASTIC STRENGTH; HYDRAULICS; PICEA ABIES; REINFORCEMENT; SHRINKAGE; STIFFNESS; VULNERABILITY; WALLS; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79952709598     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0505-y     Document Type: Article

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