Macro- and micromechanical behavior of oil palm wood (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.): tensile, compression and bending properties
K. Fruehwald-Koenig,
L. Heister
Abstract:This study investigates the macromechanical and micromechanical behavior of oil palm wood by testing the elastomechanical properties in bending, compression parallel and perpendicular and tension parallel and perpendicular to the vascular bundles of small-size test specimen depending on the position within the trunk, the density and the number of vascular bundles per unit area as well as the plantation site. All properties tested show a much higher exponential increase with the density, following power law rel… Show more
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