Non-destructive determination and quantification of diffusion processes in wood by means of neutron imaging

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-596

  Mannes, David ^a,b   Sonderegger, Walter ^a   Hering, Stefan ^a   Lehmann, Eberhard ^b   Niemz, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion coefficient; Moisture content; Neutron imaging; Non destructive testing; Wood

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CALCULATED VALUES; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; EUROPEAN BEECH; FICK'S SECOND LAW; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEUTRON IMAGING; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NON-INVASIVE; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE; SOLID WOODS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NEUTRONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION CONSTANT; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; WOOD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 68849087104     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.100     Document Type: Article

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