Judul: Pertumbuhan tanaman pokok Jati (Tectona grandis Linn F.) pada Hutan Rakyat di Kecamatan Conggeang, Kabupaten Sumedang
Abstrak: The need for teak wood processing in Indonesia is still high both for domestic demand and export wood demand. But the shortage of teak wood demand can give opportunities for people to cultivate teak on their privately land. The purpose of this research is to examine the main plant growth of teak (Tectona grandis Linn F.) in small scale private forest and compare it with teak’s growth from monoculture forest at Perum Perhutani KPH Sumedang in same ages. The main data of plant dimensional were taken with census method from teak plants in each of the selected land such as height, canopy diameter and canopy projection. In this research, soil parameter observed consist of physical and chemical content of soil samples from each selected land then analyzed in laboratory. Crown closure data taken by using a spiracle densiometer. The history of land management known by interview with farmers in each selected land. Those data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the observed forest have 3 (three) different age classes of teak plantation. They are teak plant with class age of 3 years, 6 years, and 12 years whom the growth of teak are different in those parameter such as diameter, height, crown closure and basal area. Growth of teak plantation in the village of Babakan Asem is a plant with the best teak growth among the other villages. Their growth maybe influenced by several factors, that is the condition of the site or soil condition factors and cultivation activities. The result of crown closure show that the majority of sunlight blocked by the crop canopy of teak, so less than 40% of sunlight can reach the soil surface. That condition maybe affected by size crop of teak and the distance between teak plantation it self. The result of soil analysis indicatedthat physical and chemical soil content in Conggeang District are impactonteak growth which bulk density, water storage, KTK, pH, and other chemical substance are related to teak diameter’s growth. Growth of teak plantation between small scale private forest and Perum Perhutani were significantly different in class ages of 3 and 12 years and didn’t different at class ages of 6 years in diameter. The difference in teak growth between small scale private forest and Perum Perhutani are caused by a factor of using teak seed and the forest management.
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Judul: Evaluasi Kualitas Pertumbuhan dan Karakteristik Kayu Jati (Tectona grandis L. f.) Unggul Nusantara Umur 4 Tahun
Abstrak: INTRODUCTION. The lack of better quality of wood supply recently has resulted in the barrier of wood industry development in Indonesia. To overcome the above problem many community forests had been establishing by people using selected wood species. One of them is Jati (Tectona grandis) Unggul Nusantara (JUN) plantation belongs to Koperasi Perumahan Wanabakti Nusantara (KPWN) with teak as the main species. These stands were planted using tree spacing of 3 m by 3 m for the rotation of 5 years. To ensure these woods qualities were similar to those of the conventional teak, growth quality and wood properties have to be studied well. The aim of the study was to evaluate growth quality and wood characteristics of 4 year-old JUN by measuring the diameter and height of the trees and by studying wood physic properties and fiber morphology. MATERIALS AND METHOD. The main material used was increment core of 4 year-old of JUN extracted from the stem from the nine selected trees representing the diameter of the stands (small, medium and big) at dbh level using increment borer (ø 5 mm). From each sample tree, 2 pieces of increment core were extracted oppositely: one for wood physical measurement (moisture content at green condition/green MC, wood density and specific gravity/SG); and the other for fiber morphology measurement (fiber length and cell wall thickness). Both of them were measured radially (from pith to the bark). All measurements were carried out using procedural standard of Faculty of Forestry IPB. Demarcation between juvenile- and mature wood portions was evaluated using fiber length and wood density from pith to the bark. Effect of stem diameter and growth ring number was evaluated using t-student at the 95% confidence interval. Data processing was conducted with SPSS 13. RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS. It showed that growth quality of JUN was varied. Average value of diameter and height was 13.45 cm and 6.92 m, respectively. Growth rate of diameter and height was fast. They are around 3.36 cm and 1.73 m per year, respectively. It also showed that green MC, density, SG, fiber length and cell wall thickness of each group were varied. Average value of green MC was 112.27% (small tree), 127.53% (medium) and 146.35% (big); wood density was 0.99 g/cm3 (small), 1.02 g/cm3 (medium) and 1.09 g/cm3 (big); SG was 0.47 (small), 0.45 (medium) and 0.45 (big); fiber length was 741.15 μm (small), 845.52 μm (medium) and 833.30 μm (big), while wall thickness was 3.06 μm (small), 3.20 μm (medium) and 3.17 μm (big). Statistical analysis showed that green MC and wood density are influenced by diameter, while SG, fiber length and cell wall thickness are not. The bigger the diameter, the greater the green MC and the wood density. Based on its SG, the wood of JUN was classified into Strength Class of III. The result also showed that growth ring has no effect on the all parameters studied, except in case of SG on medium tree group and fiber length on small tree group. Generally, SG and fiber length tended to increase from pith to the bark.
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Judul: Hamiltonian formulation for linear waves motion in two layers fluid
Abstrak: The surface wave could be considered as a wave that separates two fluids, namely water and air. Based on this assumption, it is introduced the interfacial wave, a wave between two layers of fluid with different density. The formulation of interfacial waves motion begins with deriving the base equation of irrotational ideal fluid. Furthermore, according to irrotational fluid assumption, the base equation can be stated in velocity potential. In this derivation, the fluids domain is assumed to be restricted by rigid lid boundary conditions, both at the upper and lower limit. Therefore, the interfacial waves motion can be explained in a hamiltonian formulation. In the hamiltonian formulation, total energy is defined as the sum of kinetic and potential energy. The hamiltonian system is obtained from reduction of kinetic energy by using the Dirichlet Neumann Operator. The resulted kinetic energy equation is nonlinear. Therefore, this form is linearized by first part of the Taylor expansion. This linearization gives a dispersion relation of linear wave. Based on this dispersion relation, the phase speed of the linear wave depends on the density ratio of the two layers fluid.
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