Segregation of Eucalyptus dunnii logs using acoustics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 243-251

  Dickson, R L ^a   Raymond, C A ^b   Joe, W ^c   Wilkinson, C A ^a  

^a Research and Development Division   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Research and Development Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic testing; Eucalyptus dunnii; Hardness; Non destructive testing; Wood stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; HARVESTING; SAWING; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WOOD;

SOUND FLIGHT VELOCITY;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DUNNII;

EID: 0037706927     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00519-4     Document Type: Article

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