Relationships of the modulus of elasticity and the structure of Finnish Scots pine wood.

Abstract

The paper presents preliminary results on the relationships of the longitudinal modulus of elasticity (E) in bending, based on ISO Standard 3349 tests on small, clear specimens, and some basic characteristics of Finnish Scots pine ( L.) wood. A manual image analysis method – quantitative stereological counting – was introduced and applied for the investigations of wood structure.Pinus sylvestris2222