Corrective Interventions to End-Splitting and Surface Cracking in Kenya Grown Eucalyptus grandis Poles
Corrective Interventions to End-Splitting and Surface Cracking in Kenya Grown Eucalyptus grandis Poles作者机构：Kenya Forestry Research Institute Nairobi Kenya Kenya Wood Preservers Association Homa Bay Kenya Kenya Bureau of Standards Nairobi Kenya
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Forestry》 (林学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第3期
页 面：380-392页
学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 09[农学]
主 题：Eucalyptus grandis Wood Cracking Wood Stresses Wood Drying
摘 要：This study determined the effect of three pole pre-drying handling techniques, on end-splitting and surface checking in Eucalyptus grandis poles from highland and low land areas in Kenya. A total of 144 Eucalyptus grandis trees were sampled from two sites;Kericho, representing the wet highlands and Londiani representing the drier lowlands regions of Kenya. Pole samples from both sites were subjected to the three pre-drying handling techniques for the first 30 days after felling and allowed to dry to the required moisture level under observations. The number of end splits and surface checks on each sample pole were counted and the length of the worst ones was measured in millimeters after every 15 days until all the poles reached 25% MC. The sap wood and heart wood ratios were determined from selected samples. Results showed that on the overall, poles from high land areas had the highest sapwood proportions and similarly had the highest number and the longest end splitting and surface checks. On the other hand, pre-drying techniques that allowed felled trees to dry slowly with their foliage intact for the first 30 days of felling produced the best quality poles, with fewer and shallower end splits and surface checks. The study recommended that felling and leaving poles to dry slowly with foliage intact be considered in reducing losses incurred as a result of wood stresses during drying of poles.
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