All Outputs (2)

Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Adams, S., & Lehneke, S. (2018). Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance.

The main commercial species in the UK and Ireland is Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), which is graded in combination with a small amount of Norway spruce (P. abies). It is typically graded to the European strength class C16, but actually has superior... Read More about Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance.

The daily cycle of moisture content expansion and contraction in UK-grown Sitka spruce trees (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adams, S., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2018, June). The daily cycle of moisture content expansion and contraction in UK-grown Sitka spruce trees. Paper presented at Timber 2018

The diameter of five dominant Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees at Griffin Forest (near Aberfeldy, Scotland) were monitored at two minute intervals with dendrometers between April 2008 and October 2012. This experiment was designed to investigate... Read More about The daily cycle of moisture content expansion and contraction in UK-grown Sitka spruce trees.