@Article{Clair_etal2003,
author="Clair, B.
and Jaouen, G.
and Beauchene, J.
and Fournier, M.",
title="Mapping radial, tangential and longitudinal shrinkages and relation to tension wood in discs of the tropical tree Symphonia globulifera",
journal="Holzforschung",
year="2003",
publisher="WALTER DE GRUYTER \& CO",
volume="57",
number="6",
pages="665--671",
optkeywords="drying shrinkage",
optkeywords="tension wood",
optkeywords="Symphonia globulifera L. f.",
abstract="A method for measuring shrinkage resulting from drying in the three anisotropic directions is developed and tested. Measurements are performed on sawn discs, a technique which simplifies preparation and enables large numbers of measurements. Shrinkage values can be represented as a map of the disc surface. The results indicate that comparisons between shrinkage distribution and tension wood distribution on the discs show a clear relationship and can be measured with relatively high accuracy in reference to the shrinkage map. In the long term, this method could be useful in the timber industry as a means for choosing the direction in which logs are cut depending on their type of wood composition.",
optnote="ISI:000186257800016",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=243), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:01:11 -0300",
issn="0018-3830"
}