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Mokuzai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society)

Mokuzai Gakkaishi is another official journal of the Japan Wood Research Society. This journal publishes original articles, notes, review articles, and announcements from the Society in Japanese but with English abstracts, tables, and figure captions for original reports. Contents of the latest issue of Mokuzai Gakkaishi are as follows:

Volume 59 Number 3 2013

Category I

H. Takimoto, K. Yasue, M. Tokumoto, T. Takeda, T. Nakano

Within annual ring and pith-to-bark variations of the microfibril angle in the S₂ layer of tracheid walls in 106-year-old plantation trees of Japanese larch

Category II

Y. Tsuchiya, I. Higuchi

Stress and strength of a laminated composite plate subjected to static bending moments

Category III

Y. Matsumura, Y. Ikami, K. Murata, J. Matsumura

Quality of squared lumber without pith sawn from large-diameter sugi (Cryptomeria Japonica) logs

K. Fujimoto, T. Takano, S. Okumura

Reduction of airborne dust generated from circular sawing by providing water to work pieces

M. Toda, M. Mori, H. Takahashi, T. Karimata, T. Hirai

Effect of decay in structural wooden panels on the shear performance of nailed timber joints