Pull-out and tensile strength properties of two selected tropical trees

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 577-585

  Osman, Normaniza ^a   Abdullah, Mohamad Nordin ^a   Abdullah, Che Hassandi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Ketua Unit Penyelidikan dan Perkembangan   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Lateral roots; Pull out; Root morphologies; Shoot morphologies; Tap roots

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; PULLOUT TEST; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SLOPE STABILITY; STEM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREE;

ACACIA MANGIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 79960127258     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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