Study and Evaluation on Physical and Mechanical Properties of 40 Kinds of Wood Species in Zhejiang Province (China)
Physical and mechanical properties of 40 kinds of typical wood species in Zhejiang province were studied in this experiment. Density, shrinkage rate, modulus of rupture,bending strength, compression strength, shear strength and hardness were measured and wood species were classified and evaluated by clustering analysis mehtod (CA) combined with membership function (MF) comprehensive evaluation according to these properties. The results showed that the two analysis methods achieved the similar results when screening first class wood which can be conclued that among the 40 kinds of species Quercus fabri, Dalbergia hupeana Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Lithocarpus harlandii and Lagerstroemia indica were the excellent quality. In the mean while the two analysis methods got the similar conclusion that wood properties of Pterocarya stenoptera were the worest as well. In addation, Camptotheca acuminata and Alniphyllum fortune according to CA and Ilex rotunda, and Cyclocarya paliurus according to MF were also the worest qulaity. The study provided powerful references for wood processing, application and directional cultivation of indigenous tree species in Zhejiang.