Electric resistance tomography and stress wave tomography for decay detection in trees—a comparison study

Xiaoquan Yue; Lihai Wang; James Wacker; Zhiming Zhu

doi:10.7717/peerj.6444

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Electric resistance tomography and stress wave tomography for decay detection in trees—a comparison study

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Xiaoquan Yue, Lihai Wang, James Wacker, Zhiming Zhu

Year:

2019

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6444

Source:

PeerJ. 7(4): e6444-. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6444.

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Abstract

To ensure the safety of trees, two NDT (nondestructive testing) techniques, electric resistance tomography and stress wave tomography, were employed to quantitatively detect and characterize the internal decay of standing trees. Comparisons between those two techniques were done to make full use of the individual capability for decay detection.

Keywords

Stress wave tomography, mass loss, electric resistance tomography, the severity of decay, nondestructive techniques in live trees

Citation

Yue, Xiaoquan; Wang, Lihai; Wacker, James P.; Zhu, Zhiming. 2019. Electric resistance tomography and stress wave tomography for decay detection in trees—a comparison study. PeerJ. 7(4): e6444-. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6444.