Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 6 Pinus Pinaster Ait. shrinkage properties (tangential \(\alpha _T\), radial \(\alpha _R\), longitudinal \(\alpha _L\)) issued from several references
Sources | Origins | Nb of samples | Sample tree age (years) | \(\alpha _T\) (%/%) | \(\alpha _R\) (%/%) | Mean Ratio \(\alpha _T\)/\(\alpha _R\) | \(\alpha _L\) (%/%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[160] | Galicia (Spain) | 22 | 10-15 | 0.18-0.27 | 0.09-0.22 | 1.68 | 0.000-0.170 |
[124] | Gironde (France) | 862 | 10-15 | 0.15-0.35 | 0.05-0.20 | 1.6 | / |
[91] | Gard (France) | 57 | / | 0.21-0.41 | 0.11-0.26 | 2.12 | / |
[40] | Gironde (France) Mean of 3 softwoods | 14 | / | 0.28 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.007 |
[6] | Numerical simulation | / | / | 0.26 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.000 |