@Article{Clair_etal2003,
author="Clair, B.
and Ruelle, J.
and Thibaut, B.",
title="Relationship between growth stress, mechanical-physical properties and proportion of fibre with gelatinous layer in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)",
journal="Holzforschung",
year="2003",
publisher="WALTER DE GRUYTER \& CO",
volume="57",
number="2",
pages="189--195",
optkeywords="growth stress",
optkeywords="longitudinal Young{\textquoteright}s modulus",
optkeywords="shrinkage",
optkeywords="normal wood",
optkeywords="tension wood",
optkeywords="gelatinous layer",
optkeywords="Castanea Sativa",
abstract="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{\textquoteright}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.",
optnote="ISI:000181797800011",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=274), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:01:44 -0300",
issn="0018-3830"
}