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New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 4 Mean ultimate tensile strength of green core- and outerwood of Pinus radiata

From: Elastic constants of green Pinus radiata wood

Direction

Stiff outerwood (MPa)

Non-stiff outerwood (MPa)

Stiff corewood (MPa)

Non-stiff corewood (GPa)

rt

3.1 (0.3)

3.1 (0.3)

2.9 (0.2)

2.2 (0.2)

rl

3.1 (0.3)

3.0 (0.3)

2.8 (0.3)

2.2 (0.2)

tr

2.1 (0.4)

1.6 (0.3)

1.9 (0.1)

2.1 (0.2)

tl

2.1 (0.5)

1.4 (0.3)

1.9 (0.1)

2.1 (0.2)

lr

64 (6)

45 (5)

21 (2)

33 (3)

lt

65 (6)

44 (6)

20 (2)

33 (3)

  1. The first letter is the direction of force(r = radial; t = tangential; l = longitudinal), the first and second letters describe the face on which the strain was recorded (rt = radial tangential etc). Standard errors of the means are in brackets
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