In-forest assessment of veneer grade Douglas-fir logs based on acoustic measurement of wood stiffness

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Amishev, Dzhamal ^a   Murphy, Glen E ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY; VENEERS;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES; ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES; DOUGLAS; DYNAMIC MODULUS OF ELASTICITIES; EXTERNAL-; FIR WOODS; GRADE RECOVERIES; LENGTH DIFFERENCES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PRODUCT PERFORMANCES; REGRESSION MODELS; TREE STEMS; VALUE RECOVERIES; WOOD STIFFNESSES;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; LOGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VENEERS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 58049154377     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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