Measuring wood specific gravity… correctly

GB Williamson, MC Wiemann - American Journal of Botany, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
The specific gravity (SG) of wood is a measure of the amount of structural material a tree
species allocates to support and strength. In recent years, wood specific gravity, traditionally …

Diversity in the organisation and lignification of tension wood fibre walls–A review

B Ghislain, B Clair - IAWA Journal, 2017‏ - brill.com
Tension wood, a tissue developed by angiosperm trees to actively recover their verticality,
has long been defined by the presence of an unlignified cellulosic inner layer in the cell wall …

Structural characteristics of reaction tissue in plants

L Liu, Y Luan, C Fang, J Hu, S Chang, B Fei - Plants, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
To maintain or adjust posture under the challenges of gravity and increased self-weight, or
the effects of light, snow, and slope, plants have the ability to develop a special type of tissue …

Interactive modeling and authoring of climbing plants

T Hädrich, B Benes, O Deussen… - Computer Graphics …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel system for the interactive modeling of developmental climbing plants
with an emphasis on efficient control and plausible physics response. A plant is represented …

Elastic characterization of wood by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS): a comprehensive study

R Longo, D Laux, S Pagano, T Delaunay… - Wood science and …, 2018‏ - Springer
The main principle of Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) measurement method is to
excite a sample and to deduce its elastic constants from its free mechanical resonant …

Changes in viscoelastic vibrational properties between compression and normal wood: roles of microfibril angle and of lignin

I Brémaud, J Ruelle, A Thibaut, B Thibaut - Holzforschung, 2013‏ - degruyter.com
This study aims at better understanding the respective influences of specific gravity (γ),
microfibril angle (MFA), and cell wall matrix polymers on viscoelastic vibrational properties of …

Evidence of the late lignification of the G-layer in Simarouba tension wood, to assist understanding how non-G-layer species produce tensile stress

JR Roussel, B Clair - Tree Physiology, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
To recover verticality after disturbance, angiosperm trees produce 'tension wood'allowing
them to bend actively. The driving force of the tension has been shown to take place in the G …

Structural Development and Morphology of the Attachment System of Parthenocissus tricuspidata

T Steinbrecher, G Beuchle, B Melzer… - … Journal of Plant …, 2011‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract The climbing Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) achieves permanent
attachment through tendrils equipped with adhesive pads. The highly efficient structures …

Physical and mechanical properties of reaction wood

B Clair, B Thibaut - The biology of reaction wood, 2014‏ - Springer
Reaction wood produces very peculiar maturation stresses at the tree periphery, ie
compressive stress or very high tensile stress, for compression and tension wood …

[PDF][PDF] Relationships between growth stress and wood properties in poplar I-69 (Populus deltoides Bartr. cv.“Lux” ex I-69/55)

CH Fang, D Guibal, B Clair, J Gril, YM Liu… - Annals of forest …, 2008‏ - afs-journal.org
Six inclined poplar I-69 (Populus deltoids cv. I-69/55) trees were collected for studying the
influence of growth stress level on wood properties. Growth stress indicator (GSI) was …