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Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of tension and opposite wood from ten tropical rainforest trees from different species

Comparaison du bois de tension et du bois opposé de dix arbres provenant d’espèces différentes de forêt tropicale humide

Annals of Forest Science volume 64, pages 503–510 (2007)Cite this article

Abstract

On 10 trees from 10 species of French Guyana tropical rainforest in a clear active process of restoring verticality growth strains were measured in situ in order to determine the occurrence of tension wood within samples. Wood specimens were cut in the vicinity of the growth strains measurements in order to measure some mechanical and physical properties. As suspected, tensile growth strains was very much higher in tension wood zone, because longitudinal modulus of elasticity was slightly higher. Longitudinal shrinkage was also much higher in tension wood than in opposite wood.

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Des mesures de contraintes de croissance ont été réalisées sur 10 arbres en cours de redressement actif appartenant à 10 espèces de la forêt tropicale humide de Guyane Française afin de s’assurer de la présence de bois de tension. Des échantillons de bois, prélevés au voisinage des mesures de contraintes de croissance, ont permis de mesurer un certains nombres de propriétés physiques et mécaniques. Comme présumé les contraintes de croissance sont beaucoup plus élevées au niveau du secteur de bois de tension, car le module d’élasticité est légèrement plus élevé. Le retrait longitudinal est aussi plus élevé dans le bois de tension que dans le bois opposé.

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    Julien Ruelle, Jacques Beauchene, Anne Thibaut & Bernard Thibaut

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Ruelle, J., Beauchene, J., Thibaut, A. et al. Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of tension and opposite wood from ten tropical rainforest trees from different species. Ann. For. Sci. 64, 503–510 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2007027

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