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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 The recovery rate, MOE and MOR at different compression speed

From: Studies on pre-treatment by compression for wood drying II: effects of compression ratio, compression direction and compression speed on the recovery rate and mechanical properties of wood

Speed (mm/min)

N

Recovery rate

MOR

MOE

Mean (%)

SD (%)

RET (%)

Mean (MPa)

SD (MPa)

RET (%)

Mean (GPa)

SD (GPa)

RET (%)

Poplar

 Controlled

14

  

100.0

86.0

11.2

100.0

9.0

1.7

100.0

 0.5

15

73.3

7.8

73.3

94.5

15.7

109.9

10.2

1.9

114.4

 1

15

74.4

5.6

74.4

88.9

11.0

103.4

9.6

1.7

107.2

 3

15

81.5

8.0

81.5

83.7

13.3

97.4

8.7

1.6

96.7

 5

15

81.0

5.7

81.0

76.6

15.8

89.1

8.4

2.3

93.8

 10

15

78.5

4.6

78.5

71.5

13.7

83.1

8.5

1.8

95.3

Chinese fir

 Controlled

15

  

100.0

71.3

9.6

100.0

9.1

1.1

100.0

 0.5

15

91.5

3.0

91.5

66.4

12.4

93.0

9.1

1.6

99.4

 1

15

89.8

2.8

89.8

62.9

7.2

88.1

8.5

0.7

92.5

 3

15

87.5

3.4

87.5

70.9

13.2

99.5

9.7

1.7

106.4

 5

15

89.1

3.5

89.1

76.9

7.1

107.8

10.2

1.4

111.4

 10

15

88.0

1.9

88.0

73.1

13.9

102.5

10.2

2.7

111.3

  1. MOR modulus of rupture, MOE modulus of elasticity, N number of specimens tested, SD standard deviation, RET retained compared with the controlled specimens