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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Average density, compression ratio, density distribution, Vu, and DMOEu of six groups of BWCs

From: Physical and mechanical properties of composites made from bamboo and woody wastes in Taiwan

Groups of specimens (n = 9)

Density (g/cm3)

Compression ratio

Density distribution

Vu (m/s)

DMOEu (GPa)

W

1.01 (0.12)a

3.06

a

2141 (91)d

4.17 (0.24)c

B

0.99 (0.23)a

1.32

a

2579 (92)a

5.92 (0.60)a

BW

0.98 (0.16)a

1.83

a

2310 (68)c

4.69 (0.27)b

B/W/B

1.02 (0.18)a

1.68

a

2550 (95)a

5.98 (0.61)a

W/B/W

1.00 (0.21)a

2.16

a

2144 (93)d

4.14 (0.28)c

B/2W/B

1.01 (0.15)a

1.89

a

2413 (93)b

5.30 (0.68)ab

  1. Results are mean ± SD, n = 9; numbers followed by different letters (a–d) are statistically different at the probability level of p < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test and ANOVA