Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Fardad Golbabaei ¹
• Amir Nourbakhsh ²
• Abbas Fakhryan roghani ³
• Shahrokh Falahdoost ¹

¹ Wood and Forest Products Science Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) P.O. Box 13185-116, Tehran, Iran

² Wood and forest products division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

³ MSc., Wood and Paper Science Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands , Iran,

Abstract

In this study physical and mechanical properties of Hornbeam wood (Carpinus betulus L.) grown at two different elevations of Golestan Forests located in the north east of Caspian Sea were investigated based on the ASTM Standard.
Selected trees were cut from two different elevations, at different heights in the trunk, at 4 different geographical directions of the trunk and also 2 different moisture contents.
The results of statistical analysis showed that properties of Hornbeam wood from this region were influenced by elevations and to the lessees extend by geographical direction of wood specimens and tree heights.




 

Keywords

• hornbeam
• PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Main Subjects

• Physics and Mechanical Wood