%0 Journal Article
%T Relationship between growth stress, mechanical-physical properties and proportion of fibre with gelatinous layer in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)
%A Clair, B.
%A Ruelle, J.
%A Thibaut, B.
%J Holzforschung
%D 2003
%V 57
%N 2
%I WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO
%@ 0018-3830
%F Clair_etal2003
%O ISI:000181797800011
%O exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=274), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:01:44 -0300
%X 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.
%K growth stress
%K longitudinal Young's modulus
%K shrinkage
%K normal wood
%K tension wood
%K gelatinous layer
%K Castanea Sativa
%P 189-195