Need for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) in the Detection of Decay in Structures

W. Wayne Wilcox

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Need for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) in the Detection of Decay in Structures

Informally Refereed

Authors:

W. Wayne Wilcox

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Haverty, Michael I.; Wilcox, W. Wayne, technical coordinators. 1991. Proceedings of the symposium on current research on wood-destroying organisms and future prospects for protecting wood in use; September 13, 1989; Bend, OR. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-128. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 7-9

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Abstract

Examples of the need for nondestructive and remote sensing technologies for evaluating early stages of decay are presented. The need is critical to develop methods of analyzing internal decay, at the center of large wood members, and decay behind concealing coverings. Current technologies are reviewed and their inadequacies discussed. Acoustic emission and acoustoultrasonics appear to hold the greatest promise among existing technologies.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the symposium on current research on wood-destroying organisms and future prospects for protecting wood in use; September 13, 1989; Bend, OR.

Citation

Wilcox, W. Wayne. 1991. Need for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) in the Detection of Decay in Structures. In: Haverty, Michael I.; Wilcox, W. Wayne, technical coordinators. 1991. Proceedings of the symposium on current research on wood-destroying organisms and future prospects for protecting wood in use; September 13, 1989; Bend, OR. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-128. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 7-9