[IUFRO Div 5] Information about structural resistance of paulownia wood poles or posts

Dear members of the Division 5 mailing list: Please find below an inquiry about data on Paulownia wood poles or posts... If anyone can help Mr. Lobo-Guerrero, please contact him at ageo(a)logemin.com. Many thanks in advance! Best regards Brigitte Burger --------------------------------------------------------- Mag. Brigitte Burger - Web Management International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50 Website: http://www.iufro.org * Email: burger(a)iufro.org _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ageo(a)logemin.com [mailto:ageo@logemin.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Juni 2015 23:18 Betreff: Information about structural resistance of paulownia wood poles or posts (...) Do you have data on vertical and lateral structural resistance of paulownia poles or posts? By poles, I mean the round timber that grows directly on the plant, minus bark and branches. My company plans to plant a large extension of ground with fast-growing trees to produce poles for applications in fencing, posts for powerlines and road illumination, construction and underground mining support. Most of these applications require non-serrated wood. That is why structural resistance values for the natural, round poles is sought. For some applications, we are considering certain processes to give the poles a longer useful life. Alternatively, do you know somebody who can help me obtain such data? Thanks in advance for your kind help. Cordially yours, Alberto Lobo-Guerrero S. LOGEMIN SA Bogotá, D.C., Colombia ageo(a)logemin.com