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16. VINTONIV, I. S., 1981: Nekatorye fizyko-mechanieskie svojstva svilevatoj drevesniny javora. Les. ž., 24(6):5658. Streszczenie: Fizyczne i akustyczne wasnoci jaworu falistego. Praca prezentuje ocen fizycznych i akustycznych wasnoci jaworu falistego. Z porównania wyniko e jawor falisty oprócz interesujcej struktury posiada lepsze wasnoci fizyczne i akustyczne od zwykego jawora. Falista struktura drewna nadaje silepiej na pyty dolne instrumentów smyczkowych. Badano take jak te wasnoci zale od gstoci. Badania zapewniy materia do analiz wpywu tego parametru na modu sprystoci, propagacj fal i st akustyczn. Wykazano istotne róznice pomidzy drewnem falistym i zwykym. Author’s address: Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ing. Jozef Kúdela, CSc. Ing. Marek Kunštár Department <strong>of</strong> Wood Science Faculty <strong>of</strong> Wood Sciences and Technology Technical University in Zvolen T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen Slovak Republic e-mail: kudela@vsld.tuzvo.sk marek.kunst@gmail.com 18