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Table 1 General conditions: length and aspect ratio of test specimens

From: The elastic modulus for maize stems

Group

Length (mm)

Aspect ratio (length/width)

Bending (n = 1000)

950.84 ± 150.55

46.36 ± 9.26a

Compression (n = 100)

186.82 ± 26.11

9.64 ± 1.59a

Tensile (n = 20)

80.26 ± 1.67

25.81 ± 4.34b

  1. The data represents average values ± standard deviation
  2. aAspect ratio with respect to the major diameter obtained via CT scanning
  3. bAspect ratio with respect to the specimen width measured using caliper