Composition and structure of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) wood

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 403-420

  Borrega, Marc ^a,c   Ahvenainen, Patrik ^b   Serimaa, Ritva ^b   Gibson, Lorna ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLITES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CELL WALL STRUCTURE; CELL-WALL THICKNESS; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLITES; CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS; HIGH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; STRUCTURAL SANDWICH PANELS;

WOOD;

EID: 84922834516     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: 14325225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-015-0700-5     Document Type: Article

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