Understanding the Function of Rays and Wood Density on Transverse Fracture Behaviour of Green Wood in Three Species

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in wood properties, because wood is a commonly used and advanced building material. In this paper, the effect of anatomical characters on the transverse fracture properties of green wood was investigated. The specific fracture energy （Gf J/m2） o...

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Published in:农业科学与技术：B 2014, Vol.4 (9), p.731-743
Main Author: Seray Ozden Anthony Roland Ennos
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
ESEM
光学显微镜
射线
断裂系统
断裂行为
木材密度
环境扫描电子显微镜
色木
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Summary:In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in wood properties, because wood is a commonly used and advanced building material. In this paper, the effect of anatomical characters on the transverse fracture properties of green wood was investigated. The specific fracture energy （Gf J/m2） of ash （Fraxinus excelsior）, cherry （Prunus avium） and birch （Betula pendula） was evaluated using double edge notched tensile tests. The tests were performed on both earlywood （EW） and latewood （LW） zones in both the radial-tangential （RT） and the tangential-radial （TR） crack propagation systems. Wood anatomy and the failure patterns of each species were also investigated using environmental scanning electron microscopy （ESEM） and light microscopy （LMC）. The results showed that the Gfof RT fracture systems was around 1.5 times greater than in the TR one, whereas there were no significant differences between EW and LW zones. ESEM micrographs showed that the RT fracture system had a rougher fracture surface, while the
ISSN:2161-6264