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Table 3 Mean (m) values and coefficient of variation (CV = standard deviation/mean) of specific gravity (γ), specific storage modulus (E′/γ) and damping coefficient (tanδ) for normal heartwood of all studied species

From: Characterisation and categorisation of the diversity in viscoelastic vibrational properties between 98 wood types

Family

Category

Species

Code

N specimens

N stocks

γ

E′/γ (GPa)

tanδ (10−3)

m

CV (%)

m

CV (%)

m

CV (%)

PINA

S

Abies alba Mill.

Abi.al

4

1

0.54

4

30.0

5

6.7

4

ACER

Te.H

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Ace.ps

1

1

0.64

 

10.6

 

16.1

 

ACER

Te.H

Acer sp. (American)

Ace.sp

1

1

0.72

 

10.5

 

11.5

 

CAES

Tr.H

Afzelia bipindensis Harms.

Afz.bi

13

5

0.82

5

23.5

10

4.2

7

CAES

Tr.H

Afzelia quanzensis Welw.

Afz.qu

5

1

0.85

7

12.7

5

11.1

16

LAUR

Tr.H

Aniba canelilla (Kunth) Mez

Ani.ca

9

1

1.20

2

29.1

4

3.9

5

ERIC

Te.H

Arbutus unedo L.

Arb.un

5

1

0.94

2

12.0

7

18.7

9

SAPO

Tr.H

Baillonella toxisperma Pierre

Bai.to

6

1

0.83

1

21.2

3

7.2

4

PAPI

Tr.H

Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) Kirkbr. & Wiersema

Bob.fi

19

2

0.96

5

17.3

10

4.8

8

PAPI

Tr.H

Bocoa prouacensis Aubl.

Boc.pr

35

5

1.26

2

26.0

10

4.2

12

MORA

Tr.H

Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber

Bro.gu

41

11

1.31

2

22.5

7

5.4

10

MORA

Tr.H

Brosimum rubescens Taub.

Bro.ru

39

7

0.99

6

23.3

11

4.5

8

MORA

Tr.H

Brosimum utile Pitt.

Bro.ut

5

1

0.47

3

21.7

8

8.6

15

BUXA

Te.H

Buxus sempervirens L.

Bux.se

6

2

0.93

0

9.6

12

15.3

9

CAES

Tr.H

Caesalpinia echinata Lam.

Cae.ec

55

15

1.01

9

21.5

11

4.4

14

BETU

Te.H

Carpinus betulus L.

Car.be

9

2

0.74

0

20.8

2

9.5

1

MELI

Tr.H

Cedrela odorata L.

Ced.od

1

1

0.48

 

21.8

 

7.8

 

BOMB

Tr.H

Ceiba pentandra Gaertn.

Cei.pe

5

1

0.22

10

10.1

13

14.0

12

CUPR

S

Chamaecyparis sp. (Hinoki)

Cha.sp

14

1

0.39

3

27.0

7

6.3

6

LAUR

Tr.H

Chlorocardium rodiei (Schomb.) Rohwer

Chl.ro

4

1

1.05

1

27.8

2

4.3

4

CORN

Te.H

Cornus mas L.

Cor.ma

4

1

1.11

0

15.6

2

8.3

7

CUPR

S

Cupressus sempervirens L.

Cup.se

11

3

0.49

13

17.1

17

8.9

19

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia baronii Baker

Dal.ba

14

1

0.75

3

19.4

8

5.2

7

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Dal.la

1

1

0.75

 

18.5

 

7.3

 

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia maritimensis or D. louvelli

Dal.ma

5

2

1.07

10

21.0

2

4.0

17

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. et Perr.

Dal.me

10

2

1.31

1

15.7

12

5.8

14

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Allemão ex Benth.

Dal.ni

1

1

0.81

 

20.5

 

7.0

 

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia retusa Hemsley

Dal.re

1

1

0.95

 

11.8

 

8.6

 

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia sp. (Bahia)

Dal.sB

3

1

1.15

2

13.0

4

4.7

7

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia sp. (Madagascar)

Dal.sM

53

9

0.96

11

20.1

10

4.6

8

PAPI

Tr.H

Dalbergia sp. (Jacaranda do Para)

Dal.sP

1

1

0.88

 

18.4

 

5.6

 

CAES

Tr.H

Dialium cochinchinense Pierre

Dia.co

4

1

1.10

2

24.0

5

6.4

13

CAES

Tr.H

Dialium pachyphyllum Harms

Dia.pa

12

2

1.01

13

26.3

6

6.2

8

EBEN

Tr.H

Diospyros sp. (Madagascar)

Dio.sp

3

1

1.18

0

16.8

1

9.1

5

PAPI

Tr.H

Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.

Dip.od

9

1

0.99

3

16.4

2

5.9

3

CAES

Tr.H

Guibourtia arnoldiana J.Leon.

Gui.ar

4

1

0.84

1

25.8

1

5.6

4

CAES

Tr.H

Guibourtia conjugata (Bolle) J. Léonard

Gui.co

2

1

1.02

1

17.0

1

7.5

5

CAES

Tr.H

Guibourtia sp.

Gui.sp

7

2

0.89

8

16.6

29

10.7

8

CAES

Tr.H

Hymenaea courbaril L.

Hym.co

8

1

0.77

4

28.4

5

5.3

2

CAES

Tr.H

Hymenaea parvifolia Huber

Hym.pa

9

1

1.11

2

23.4

5

5.0

1

JUGL

Te.H

Juglans nigra L.

Jug.ni

1

1

0.58

 

12.7

 

8.0

 

MELI

Tr.H

Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.

Kha.se

4

1

0.85

0

9.2

4

12.0

6

PAPI

Te.H

Laburnum anagyroides Medik.

Lab.al

12

3

0.90

6

13.4

8

9.2

6

LAUR

Tr.H

Licaria cannella (Meisn.) Kosterm.

Lic.ca

16

7

1.01

5

26.1

9

5.6

8

STER

Tr.H

Mansonia altissima (A. Chev.) A. Chev

Man.al

4

1

0.62

4

21.4

9

5.7

5

MYRI

Tr.H

Mauloutchia sp.

Mau.sp

5

1

0.71

1

26.6

8

7.7

7

PAPI

Tr.H

Millettia laurentii De Wild.

Mil.la

9

1

0.93

2

23.3

3

4.8

6

CLUS

Tr.H

Moronobea coccinea Aubl.

Mor.co

8

1

0.92

1

25.1

2

4.7

3

MORA

Tr.H

Morus mesozygia Stapf.

Mor.me

3

1

0.87

2

19.3

7

5.1

1

PAPI

Tr.H

Ormosia flava (Ducke) Rudd

Orm.fl

9

1

0.84

1

29.9

4

4.5

9

CAES

Tr.H

Peltogyne venosa (Vahl) Benth.

Pel.ve

8

2

0.80

0

26.8

7

5.6

7

PINA

S

Picea abies Karst.

Pic.ab

40

14

0.50

10

24.4

18

8.4

8

PINA

S

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.

Pic.si

5

1

0.47

1

32.2

2

5.9

2

PINA

S

Pinus caribaea Morelet

Pin.ca

3

1

0.36

4

9.0

2

13.2

3

PINA

S

Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Maire

Pin.ni

5

1

0.51

4

19.2

6

8.8

6

PINA

S

Pinus patula Schiede ex. Schlecht. et Cham.

Pin.pa

4

1

0.54

9

31.1

3

6.6

5

PINA

S

Pinus pinaster Aiton

Pin.pi

18

7

0.42

6

14.2

12

12.0

10

PINA

S

Pinus sylvestris L.

Pin.sy

14

5

0.48

12

17.9

14

10.6

13

PAPI

Tr.H

Platymiscium sp.

Pla.sp

4

1

1.02

1

25.5

5

4.8

2

PAPI

Tr.H

Platymiscium ulei Harms

Pla.ul

19

3

0.73

9

20.4

7

4.8

11

ROSA

Te.H

Prunus avium L.

Pru.av

1

1

0.62

 

17.4

 

10.0

 

PAPI

Tr.H

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

Pte.er

86

4

0.83

3

19.3

4

5.6

6

PAPI

Tr.H

Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz

Pte.ma

22

1

0.75

1

12.9

4

6.8

4

PAPI

Tr.H

Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.

Pte.so

170

16

0.77

9

18.3

15

5.2

14

PAPI

Tr.H

Pterocarpus tinctorius Welw.

Pte.ti

6

1

0.93

2

14.0

7

6.8

9

ROSA

Te.H

Pyrus communis L.

Pyr.co

4

1

0.69

3

9.9

9

16.7

11

RHIZ

Tr.H

Rhizophora mangle L.

Rhi.ma

5

1

1.13

1

28.8

4

7.3

4

CAES

Tr.H

Scorodophloeus zenkeri Harms.

Sco.ze

14

2

0.88

8

23.0

15

6.8

1

ROSA

Te.H

Sorbus domestica L.

Sor.do

24

5

0.81

7

19.3

17

9.9

16

PAPI

Tr.H

Swartzia panacoco (Aubl.) Cowan

Swa.pa

8

2

1.16

8

26.0

8

4.4

16

PAPI

Tr.H

Swartzia sp.

Swa.sp

46

9

1.21

6

26.3

10

4.3

7

MELI

Tr.H

Swietenia macrophylla King

Swi.ma

1

1

0.48

 

20.7

 

6.4

 

BIGN

Tr.H

Tabebuia sp.

Tab.sp

4

1

0.85

1

23.2

4

5.0

2

TAXA

S

Taxus baccata L.

Tax.ba

25

5

0.64

6

11.1

17

10.0

8

CUPR

S

Thuja plicata D.Don

Thu.pl

1

1

0.39

 

19.5

 

7.2

 

RUTA

Tr.H

Zanthoxylum tsihanimposa H.Perr.

Zan.ts

5

1

0.57

9

18.4

6

6.2

6

PAPI

Tr.H

Zollernia ilicifolia (Brongn.) Vogel (or Swartzia sp.)

Zol.il

6

1

1.06

4

21.4

6

5.1

10

PAPI

Tr.H

Zollernia paraensis Huber

Zol.pa

14

1

1.16

4

21.1

7

5.8

7

  1. Botanical families are abbreviated by their four first letters
  2. S Softwoods, Te.H temperate hardwoods, Tr.H tropical hardwoods