• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.1-5
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• 1998

Nail withdrawal tests were conducted on clear wood of radiata pine. Nails were driven into the earlywood and latewood zones of each specimen, and nail withdrawal tests were then performed. Nail withdrawal loads were strongly dependent on earlywood and latewood and on nail position. The average load values for nail withdrawal in both the tangential and longitudinal directions were higher for latewood than for earlywood. Linear and nonlinear regression analyses of nail withdrawal load with specific gravity showed no discernible differences. Good correlations were obtained between nail withdrawal load and specific gravity.

• Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.111-115
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• 2008

An experiment was conducted to know ultra-pure distilled water penetration depth through large vessel, small vessel, latewood fiber and earlywood fiber in longitudinal direction of Castanea crenata. In heartwood, latewood fiber transported water more than large and small vessel. While in sapwood, small vessel conduction depth was found the highest. Penetration depth of water after 15.0 seconds, no significant difference was observed among earlywood fiber, latewood fiber and earlywood vessel. Whilst in heartwood, no statistical difference was observed among earlywood fiber, latewood fiber and earlywood vessel. At the beginning, the speed of water penetration was high and then gradually decreased.

• Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.49-57
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• 2006

Larix kaemferi is now a major economic kind of trees and is produced in large quantity every year. Thus, the study of Larix kaemferiis conducted to acquire the basic date of measures for the reasonable use, clarifying the relation with the compression strength parallel to grain according to anatomical properties by heartwood and sapwood, and earlywood and latewood. As the length of an earlywood tracheid and the radial wall thickness of earlywood and latewood tracheids increased, the compression strength rose, and as the height of uniseriate ray in cell number increased, the compression strength parallel to grain fell. The major anatomical factors effecting on the compression strength parallel to grain of heart wood were the radial wall thickness of a latewood tracheid and the length of a latewood tracheid, while in sapwood, the length of an earlywood tracheid and the radial wall thickness of earlywood and latewood tracheids were the major factor on it.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.76-83
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• 2001

This study was carried out to clarify the mechanical behaviour of the earlywood and the latewood to the compressive load applied parallel to the grain. The results from the analysis of Japanese cedar wood (Cryptomeria japonica) were used to introduce a concept on stress-strain behaviour of the earlywood and the latewood. There was a significant differences in the mechanical behaviour of the earlyWood and the latewood. In the earlywood, the rate of cell wall upon annual ring was almost similar and the strain increased linearly with the stress increased. However, the rate of cell wall upon annual ring varied in the latewood and the strain of that increased curve-linearly with the stress increased. The longitudinal compression modulus of elasticity (MOE) variation by loading speed on latewood specimens and earlywood specimens shows no significant difference. The modulus of rupture (MOR) and MOE of latewood were about 4 times higher than those of earlywood.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.61-70
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• 2003

The size distribution of the free water paths between earlywood and latewood for six species in the heartwood of softwoods was estimated from the amount of dehydrated free water under various centrifugal fields, such as 2,200, 3,300, 4,800 and 6,900 rpm. The centrifugal method is based on the concept that water movement occurs by the balance of centrifugal force and water potential by meniscus. Water stops where the pressure differential is zero. In the centrifugal field, only two factors affect water movement in wood, that is, centrifugal force and water potential. Also, the water permeability was evaluated from the relationship between the water saturation ratio after the centrifugal treatment and the measure of water potential in specimen. The results showed that Cryptpmeria japonica had clear peaks at 0.70 ㎛ in earlywood and at 0.50 ㎛ in latewood. Tsuga sieboldii and Larix kaemferi had peaks at 0.50 and 0.30 ㎛ in both earlywood and latewood, respectively. Abies firma showed peaks at 0.70 ㎛ in earlywood and at 0.30 ㎛ in latewood. The water permeability of earlywood was higer than that of latewood for all softwoods except Pseudotsuga menziesii.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.21-27
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• 1992

The amount of moisture transmitted under four different humidity conditions was measured in earlywood and latewood for Cryptomeria japonica(LT specimens). The results obtained are summarized as follows. The vapor permeability in eariywood was about three times larger than that of latewood. The vapor permeabilities in earlywood and late wood depended on the average moisture content of the wood. This indicates that moisture transmission is influenced by vapor permeability or vapor-transmission resistance, but the values obtained by experiments do not have great adaptability for practical situations because of changes in the experimental conditions. There fore, it is necessary to know the moisture content along the flow direction in order to explain the moisture transmission of wood. The vapor permeability was calculated using the density in air dried wood. These were then compared with the experimental values. The vapor permeabilities calculated with this density in the radial direction(LR specimen) had a good tendency to agree with the experimental values, but not so in tangential direction(LT specimen).

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 1993

Pinus koraiensis is one of the most important reforestation species which had widely been planted around the country. Therefore, there are great research needs on the fundamental properties of wood to extend the frequency of uses and adequate availabilities. Research results on the characteristics of anatomical wood properties and changes are summarized as follows: 1. At a horizontal direction of tree trunk, the tracheid length at outer wood gradually becomes shorter as it reaches to pith. The tracheid length having between 32 and 42 annual rings showed over 2.5 times longer than that of pith, and also its length increases from the bottom to the top of the stem. 2. The tracheid diameters in latewood showed a little fluctuations, and the shortest near to the pith in earlywood. The tracheid diameters in earlywood are more than 2 times those of latewood, and the differences between the mature and juvenile wood in earlywood are less than 10${\mu}m$. 3. The tracheid wall thickness in early wood showed a little fluctuations. On the contrary, tracheid wall thickness in latewood rapidly increases from the pith to the bark. The tracheid wall of mature wood showed 10 to 20% thicker than that of juvenile wood. 4. The fibril angle at the secondary walls of tracheid within an annual ring showed higher degree in earlywood than that of latewood. The highest tracheid fibril angle was observed at around the pith of both earlywood and latewood. Then, fibril angle slowly decreased toward outer wood, and was stabilized after 15 years. 5. Structural boundaries between mature and juvenile wood from Pinus koraiensis are divided by 13 to 19 annual ring and distance of 5 to 8cm from the pith.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.569-576
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• 2020

This study investigated the characteristics of microfibril angle(MFA) in order to see if there was any difference in pine tree lumber quality among the three mountain areas surrounding the Taebaek Mountains in Korea - Yeongdong (Goseong-gun), Yeongseo (Hongcheon-gun) and Yeongnam (Bonghwa-gun). Pine trees of each mountain area were divided into earlywood and latewood in relation to heartwood part (1959 ~ 1961, 3 annual rings) and sapwood part (2002 ~ 2004, 3annual rings), and measured at tangential section. The microfibril angle showed significant differences between mountain areas. In general, Goseong Mountain was found to have 37.35°, followed by Hongcheon Mountain 32.42° and Bonghwa Mountain 25.75°, in order. The sapwood part had larger angle than heartwood part; and earlywood, than latewood. Variation within a single annual ring tended to be smaller from earlywood toward latewood.

• Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.109-114
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• 2006

An investigation was carried out for the annual ring width, longitudinal tracheid diameter and wall thickness in different tree heights for Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et. Zucc. The annual ring width increased along with the tree height, however the tracheid diameter and wall thickness decreased with the tree height. Tracheid wall thickness was found the thickest at 2.0m from the above ground samples and it increased gradually from pith to bark. Radial tracheid diameter was found to be larger than that of tangential tracheid diameter in earlywood. But, it was found to be the opposite in latewood. In earlywood, the average values of tracheid wall thickness was found the range of $2.1-3.0{\mu}m$, whereas, in latewood, it was $2.4-4.2{\mu}m$.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.9-14
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• 2011

Larix kaempferi is a tree with a major economic impact and is processed in large quantity every year in Korea. This study was carried out to collect basic data for the reasonable use of Larix kaempferi and to investigate the relation between anatomical properties and modulus of rupture (MOR) for heartwood and sapwood. As the length of earlywood tracheid and the radial wall thickness of earlywood tracheid and latewood tracheid increased, the modulus of rupture (MOR) increased, but decreased with increasing microfibril angle. Statistical analysis by the stepwise regression technique shows that the main factors affecting the modulus of rupture (MOR) of heartwood are the microfibril angle and the radial wall thickness of latewood tracheid, while those affecting MOR of sapwood are the length of earlywood tracheid and the microfibril angle.