EFFECT OF FERTILIZATION ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE WOOD OF Eucalyptus grandis

<p>The effect of the fertilization in the amount and quality of the produced wood is one of the questions to be considered in the research of the <em>Eucalyptus grandis.</em> The present work aimed to evaluate the fertilization effect in the mechanical properties of <em>Eucal...

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Main Authors: Israel Luiz de Lima, José Nivaldo Garcia
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2011-09-01
Series:Ciência Florestal
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Online Access:http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/cienciaflorestal/article/view/3818
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Summary:<p>The effect of the fertilization in the amount and quality of the produced wood is one of the questions to be considered in the research of the <em>Eucalyptus grandis.</em> The present work aimed to evaluate the fertilization effect in the mechanical properties of <em>Eucalyptus grandis. </em>The population of <em>Eucalyptus grandis </em>was 21 years old and was managed under the system of selective thinning, with application of fertilizers. The factors used in this study were: presence or absence of fertilizers, two positions of log and five radial positions. The influences of the factors and of their combinations were evaluated regarding to compression strength, shear strength, modulus of rupture and modulus of elasticity in static banding. The compressive strength and the modulus of elasticity had been influenced by the factors: fertilizer and radial positions of the log. There was also an increase in the direction of the pith-bark in all studied properties. A good positive relationship was found to exist among the compression strength, the shear, the modulus of rupture and the modulus of elasticity with radial position.</p>
ISSN:0103-9954
1980-5098