The Best Width of Wood Specimen for Zero-span Tension Test

摘要

In recent years, the zero-span tension technique of paper and pulp-making industry was applied to wood industry for indirectly testing the longitudinal tensile strength of tracheids. In this paper, this technique was used to test the longitudinal tension strength of tracheids for Chinese fir specimens with different widths. The results showed that average tension strength was 357.39 MPa. The order of average tension strength of tracheids was: 3 mm > 12 mm > 6 mm > 9 mm > 7.5 mm. But, earlywood samples frequ...