[HTML][HTML] Wood elasticity and compressible wood-based materials: Functional design and applications

Z Fu, Y Lu, G Wu, L Bai, D Barker-Rothschild… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The typical strength of wood make it suitable as a structural material. Under load, natural
wood exhibits a small strain within the elastic range. Such elasticity is associated with fast …

Use of non-destructive test methods on Irish hardwood standing trees and small-diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties

DF Llana, I Short, AM Harte - Annals of forest science, 2020 - Springer
Key message Mechanical properties of small-diameter round timber from hardwood
thinnings of common alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior …

Non-destructive acoustic assessment of wood quality in trees and logs and the effects of silvicultural treatments: a review

KO Olaoye, MO Ojo - International Wood Products Journal, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Assessing intrinsic wood qualities such as modulus of elasticity and internal decay in trees
and logs can be challenging. However, acoustic technologies have been investigated for a …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Stand Density on Tree Growth, Diversity of Understory Vegetation, and Soil Properties in a Pinus koraiensis Plantation

AQ Iddrisu, Y Hao, H Issifu, A Getnet, N Sakib, X Yang… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
The regulation of stand density has been studied in specific aspects of plantations with
different age categories. A clearer understanding is still required of the extent to which stand …

Lignocellulose mulch increases the economic benefit of Chinese chestnut by suppressing weed and ameliorating soil properties

G Tian, Y Li - Scientia Horticulturae, 2022 - Elsevier
The yield of Chinese chestnut relies on multiple factors including soil, fertilizer, irrigation,
and pest management. Hence, it is necessary to develop a simple and cost-effective strategy …

Herb-layer diversity and morphological traits of beech trees (Fagus orientalis L.) in development stages of natural temperate forests

M Azaryan, KA Vajari, B Amanzadeh - Biologia, 2023 - Springer
This research aimed to determine diversity of herbaceous layer and morphological traits of
oriental beech trees (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) among three different development stages …

Tree Morphometric Relationships and Dynamic Elasticity Properties in Tropical Rain Tree (Samanea saman Jacq. Merr)

L Karlinasari, U Adzkia, T Puspitasari, D Nandika… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rain tree (Samanea saman) is a dominant species commonly planted as a shade tree in
urban landscapes in the tropics, including in Indonesia. This species is also targeted for …

How wood quality can be shaped: Results of 70 years of experience

T Jelonek, J Kopaczyk, M Neumann, A Tomczak… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
This experiment was conducted in the pine woods of central Europe at a research area
established in 1951. The experimental area of 1.35 ha was set up in a 14-year-old pine tree …

The effect of bedrock and species mixture on wood density and radial wood increment in pubescent oak and black pine

L Krajnc, P Hafner, J Gričar - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Wood density and radial wood increment were examined in trees of pubescent oak
(Quercus pubescens Willd.) and black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold., subsp. nigra) in relation to …

[HTML][HTML] LiDAR-Based Modeling of Individual Tree Height to Crown Base in Picea crassifolia Kom. in Northern China: Comparing Bayesian, Gaussian Process, and …

Z Yang, H Yang, Z Zhou, X Wan, H Zhang, G Duan - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study compared hierarchical Bayesian, mixed-effects Gaussian process regression,
and random forest models for predicting height to crown base (HCB) in Qinghai spruce …