Influência da idade e da posi??o radial na flex?o estática da madeira de Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex. Maiden

摘要

The objective of this work was to study the static bending variation of Eucalyptus grandis wood along the radial plane at four different ages (10 _ 14 20 and 25 years), from commercial stands. The samples were removed from a diametrical board on each of sixteen trees (four from each age); taken from four equidistant positions (0, 33, 66 and 100%), in the pith-to-bark direction, with six replicates per position. It was found that the elasticity modulus (MOE) showed mean values of 129.230 kgf/cm2, and the rupture modulus (MOR) showed mean values of 854 kgf/cm2, both showing to be positively correlated with age and radial position in the pith-to-bark direction. The greatest values were obtained from twenty-year-old wood and located near the bark.