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Title: Nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood : a worldwide research update

Author: Brashaw, Brian K.; Bucur, Voichita; Divos, Ferenc; Goncalves, Raquel; Lu, Jianxiong; Meder, Roger; Pellerin, Roy F.; Potter, Simon; Ross, Robert J; Wang, Xiping; Yin, Yafang.

Date: 2009

Source: Forest products journal. Vol. 59, no. 3 (Mar. 2009): pages 7-14.

Description: The international forest products research community is responding to these driving forces by conducting NDT/NDE research to provide the technologies needed to address these challenges. This article presents a sample of the on-going NDT/NDE research efforts being conducted in several areas of the world.

Keywords: Wood testing, testing, forest products, research, research and development projects, grading, mechanical properties, deterioration, nondestructive testing, wood defects, wood quality, grading, product testing, wood decay, review article

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Brashaw, Brian K.; Bucur, Voichita; Divos, Ferenc; Goncalves, Raquel; Lu, Jianxiong; Meder, Roger; Pellerin, Roy F.; Potter, Simon; Ross, Robert J; Wang, Xiping; Yin, Yafang.  2009.  Nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood : a worldwide research update.   Forest products journal. Vol. 59, no. 3 (Mar. 2009): pages 7-14..