Sensitivity of several selected mechanical properties of moso bamboo to moisture content change under the fibre saturation point

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 5048-5058

  Jiang, Zehui ^a   Wang, Hankun ^a   Tian, Genlin ^a   Liu, Xing'e ^a   Yu, Yan ^a  

^a State Forestry Administration of China   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Mechanical properties; Moisture dependence; Specific density

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEARING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONTENTS; FIBRE SATURATION POINT; LONGITUDINAL TENSILE; MOISTURE DEPENDENCE; PARALLEL TO THE GRAINS; PLANT CELL WALL; SHEARING STRENGTH;

BAMBOO;

PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBESCENS;

EID: 84872824863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.7.4.5048-5058     Document Type: Article

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