Use of the Fractometer to Determine the Strength of Wood with Incipient Decay    (View PDF)

Claus G. Mattheck, Helge Breloer, Klaus A. Bethge, Wolfgang A. Albrecht, and Achim W. Zipse

Abstract: A fairly new method (Visual Tree Assessment on a biomechanical basis, VTA) and a handy tool for measuring wood quality in terms of strength and stiffness (the Fractometer) are presented together with a new mechanically equivalent model for wood. The paper gives help in interpreting the results gained by Fractometer measurements.

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https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1995.018