Relationship Between Growth Stress, Mechanical-Physical Properties
and Proportion of Fibre with Gelatinous Layer in Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.)

B. Clair; J. Ruelle; B. Thibaut

doi:10.1515/HF.2003.028

Published by De Gruyter June 1, 2005

Relationship Between Growth Stress, Mechanical-Physical Properties and Proportion of Fibre with Gelatinous Layer in Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.)

B. Clair , J. Ruelle and B. Thibaut

From the journal Holzforschung

https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2003.028

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A range of mechanical and physical properties were determined for 96 specimens of chestnut wood and for wood types ranging from compression to tension wood; tests included (1) growth stress, (2) longitudinal Young's modulus in green and air-dried states (3) shrinkage in longitudinal and tangential directions. Anatomical observations permitted determination of the proportion of fibres with a gelatinous layer. The influence of these atypical fibres on macroscopic wood properties is examined and discussed. A basic model is proposed to determine their properties in theoretically isolated conditions.

Published Online: 2005-06-01

Published in Print: 2003-02-27

Relationship Between Growth Stress, Mechanical-Physical Properties and Proportion of Fibre with Gelatinous Layer in Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.)

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