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Using Acoustic Measurements and Inventory Data to Estimate Stiffness in Standing Douglas-Fir Trees

Creator:

Delgado Trejo, Jorge Luis

Abstract:

Total US lumber production in 2011 was 77.9 million cubic meters. Its primary use was for housing and construction. There is a growing concern that the structural properties for wood are being reduced as trees are harvested at much younger ages as the wood supply shifts from older to younger...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

acoustic measurement of wood stiffness. Forest Products Journal, 58 (11): 42-47. Auty, A., and Achim, A