International Journal of Farm Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 3

Studies on tensile strength property of commercial timber species of Solan district, Himachal Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Seema Bhatt, Bupender Dutt, Rajesh Kumar Meena, Tasruf Ahmad1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 119 to 123

1Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248006, Uttarakhand, India

Department of Forest Products and Utilization, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173230, HP, India

*Email for correspondence: seema_chail@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 25 July, 2018.

Abstract

Investigations were carried out to study the tensile strength of some timber species commercially used in Solan market. Five timber species namely teak (Tectona grandis), Sal (Shorea robusta), dark red Meranti (Shorea sp), light red Meranti (Shorea sp) and yellow Meranti (Shorea sp) were tested for tensile strength. The test results revealed that teak and Sal showed the best performance in tension. Overall the indigenous Sal showed the maximum strength and light red Meranti was found to be the most vulnerable.

Keywords

Timber, trees, tensile strength, stress