Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:30:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-07-01; Ray orientation (perpendicular, parallel and diagonal) was compared with respect to shear strength parallel to grain and specific gravity in four Brazilian wood species. Higher absolute strengths occurred with ray oriented perpendicular to the shear plane, and lower ones for parallel orientation for alm...