Differentiation of knots, distorted grain, and clear wood by radio-frequency scanning

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 58-62

  Steele, Philip H ^a,d   Kumar, Lalit ^b   Shmulsky, Rubin ^c,d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phasemetrics   (United States)

^c Mississippi Forest Prod Lab   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTED-GRAIN WOOD; KNOT WOOD; STRAIGHT-GRAIN WOOD;

CAPACITORS; COPPER; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LUMBER; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WOOD;

PINUS ECHINATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0033871968     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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