Static Bending Strength and Modulus of Elasticity in Static Bending along the Height of Beech Wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) Obtained from Forest Thinning

摘要

Beech wood resulted from thinning forest is today, in Romania, an important base of raw material: about14, 53 % of the total of beech wood harvested annually (Romsilva - National Forestry Association from Romania).Being a wood material somewhat slighted in furniture design, its properties have been little studied. Knowledge of the properties of a material is a condition for a better use of its; these provides valuable information for the technological processes of processing.In this context, the paper presents the results of testing the bending strength and modulus of elasticity in static bending of beech wood (Fagus Sylvatica L.) with Dbase = 14 cm. The study was conducted in the context in which wood of beech obtained from thinning can be considered as an alternative wood resource for the furniture industry, in accordance with sustainable development strategies for Romania.The paper brings new information for the specialty databases and it, also, opens ways for future research concerning wood from thinning.