Ten new poplar cultivars provide laminated veneer lumber for structural application

• Published in: Annals of Forest Science
• Main Authors: Rahayu, Istie, Denaud, Louis, Marchal, Rémy
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Bourguignon des Matériaux et Procédés (LABOMAP), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), This research was carried out at the Laboratoire Bourgogne des Matériaux et des Procédés (LaBoMaP), Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiérs (ENSAM), Cluny, Bourgogne, France. We wish to thank our partners FCBA and CNPF IDF for their active collaboration on this large research programme. We also wish to thank our partners and funders of the Xylomat Technical Platform from the Xylomat Scientific Network funded by ANR-10-EQPX-16 XYLOFOREST., ANR-10-EQPX-0016,XYLOFOREST,Plateforme d'Innovation " Forêt-Bois-Fibre-Biomasse du Futur "(2010)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Cultivar; Juvenile Wood; Engineered wood product; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Density; [SPI.MECA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]; [SPI.MECA.MSMECA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph]; [PHYS.MECA.MSMECA]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Mella; Taro; dvina
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01070544; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-014-0422-0

International audience Key message Lambro, Brenta, Taro, Alcinde and Soligo are new poplar cultivars suitable for laminated veneer lumber (LVL) for structural purposes. While Lena, Koster, Dvina, Mella and Trichobel must be used with careful veneer material selection to obtain high value of mechanic...