Effect of decay on ultrasonic velocity and attenuation measurements in wood

Megan McGovern; Adam Senalik; George Chen; Frank C. Beall; Henrique Reis

doi:10.1117/12.879057

13 April 2011 Effect of decay on ultrasonic velocity and attenuation measurements in wood

Megan McGovern, Adam Senalik, George Chen, Frank C. Beall, Henrique Reis

Proceedings Volume 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011; 79810N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879057
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) wood cube specimens were exposed to Gloeophyllum fungus (Gloeophyllum trabeum) for increasing periods of time ranging from one week to twelve weeks. The corresponding mass of each of these specimens was recorded before and after they were subjected to the controlled decay. Using X-ray computed tomography (CT) the specimens' corresponding mass loss due to decay and corresponding densities were calculated. For each of the three principal material directions of these specimens with controlled decay, ultrasonic longitudinal and (polarized) shear velocity measurements along with the corresponding attenuation measurements are presented. The measurements were carried out using longitudinal and shear ultrasonic transducers with a center frequency of 100 kHz. A steel delay line was used because of the relative small size of the wooden specimens relative to the used wavelengths. Waveform averaging was used along with the phase-slope method to measure velocities. It was observed that the velocities increase with increasing frequency and decrease with increasing amount of decay, while the corresponding attenuations increase with increasing frequency and with amount of decay.

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Megan McGovern, Adam Senalik, George Chen, Frank C. Beall, and Henrique Reis "Effect of decay on ultrasonic velocity and attenuation measurements in wood", Proc. SPIE 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011, 79810N (13 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879057

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