Identification of strength-reducing characteristics in lumber using microwave scanners

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 270-273, Issue II, 2004, Pages 1513-1520

  Nguyen, Minh ^a   Leicester, Robert ^a   Foliente, Greg ^a   Seath, Craig ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Juvenile wood; Knot; Lumber grading; Mature wood; Microwave scanner; Slope of grain; Structural lumber

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WOOD;

KNOT; LUMBER GRADING; MICROWAVE SCANNER; MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY; SLOPE OF GRAIN; STRUCTURAL LUMBER;

LUMBER;

JUVENILE WOOD; LUMBER; MATURE WOOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROWAVES; SCANNERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 8644225694     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.270-273.1513     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Leicester, R.H. & Seath, C.A. (1996), Application of Microwave Scanners for Stress Grading, Proc. International Wood Engineering Conference, New Orleans, USA, Oct. 28-31, pp. 435-442.
2. th Symposium on Non Destructive Testing of Wood, Washington, USA, pp. 445-464.
3. Yen, Y-H. (1981), Microwave Electromagnetic Non Destructive Testing of Wood in Real Time, PhD Thesis, Univ. of Wisconsin, USA, 161 p.
4. Minh Nguyen, Robert Leicester, Craig Seath and Greg Foliente (2002), 'Algorithms for Stress Grading Timber Using Microwave Scanners', Proc., the 7th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2002), Shah Alam, Malaysia, August 2002.