Nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood: A worldwide research update

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Brashaw, Brian K ^a   Bucur, Voichita ^b   Divos, Ferenc ^c   Gonçalves, Raquel ^d   Lu, Jianxiong ^e   Meder, Roger ^b   Pellerin, Roy F ^f   Potter, Simon ^b   Ross, Robert J ^g   Wang, Xiping ^a   Yin, Yafang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCTS; INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES; NDT/NDE; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PUBLIC SAFETY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA; URBAN TREES; VALUE CHAINS;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 65749095135     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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