Acoustic evaluation of wood quality in standing trees. Part I. Acoustic wave behavior

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Wang, Xiping ^a,b   Ross, Robert J ^b   Carter, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Carter Holt Harvey Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Dilatational wave; Logs; Poisson's ratio; Standing trees; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

DILATATIONAL WAVE; RESONANCE ACOUSTIC METHOD; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) METHOD;

HARDWOODS;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 33847612388     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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