%0 Journal Article
%T Mapping radial, tangential and longitudinal shrinkages and relation to tension wood in discs of the tropical tree Symphonia globulifera
%A Clair, B.
%A Jaouen, G.
%A Beauchene, J.
%A Fournier, M.
%J Holzforschung
%D 2003
%V 57
%N 6
%I WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO
%@ 0018-3830
%F Clair_etal2003
%O ISI:000186257800016
%O exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=243), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:01:11 -0300
%X 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.
%K drying shrinkage
%K tension wood
%K Symphonia globulifera L. f.
%P 665-671