Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 2 Physical and mechanical properties of specimens
Experimentalgroup | n a | Before drying | After drying | Young’s modulus (After drying) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ρ b (kg m−3) | u b (%) | V b (m s−1) | ρ a (kg m−3) | u a (%) | V a (m s−1) | ρ a V a 2 (GPa) | MOEb (GPa) | ||||||||
Pith | Mature wood | Average | Pith | Mature wood | Average | Pith | Mature wood | Average | |||||||
A | 6 | 635.7 | 91.1 | 3600 | 3735 | 3666 | 434.8 | 33.8 | 4285 | 4446 | 4364 | 8.06 | 8.69 | 8.36 | 7.44 |
(105.3) | (20.3) | (286) | (280) | (282) | (32.8) | (4.2) | (318) | (352) | (334) | (1.56) | (1.78) | (1.67) | (1.49) | ||
B | 32 | 492.2 | 56.0 | 4013 | 4153 | 4082 | 375.0 | 13.2 | 4829 | 4937 | 4882 | 8.81 | 9.22 | 9.01 | 8.13 |
(65.9) | (16.1) | (388) | (425) | (404) | (39.1) | (3.2) | (316) | (344) | (329) | (1.61) | (1.76) | (1.68) | (1.57) | ||