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Transverse vibration technique to identify deteriorated wood floor systems

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The Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, has been developing nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques to identify degradation of wood in structures and the performance characteristics that remain in the structure. This work has focused on using dynamic testing techniques, particularly stress wave and ultrasonic transmission NDE techniques for both laboratory and field investigations.

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  1. Ross, R.J., DeGroot, R.C., and Nelson, W.J. 1994. Technique for Nondestructive Evaluation of Biologically Degraded Wood. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES 18(5): 29–32.

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  1. USDA Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI, USA

    R. J. Ross (Project Leader), X. Wang (Research Scientist) & L. A. Soltis (Retired Research Engineer)

  2. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    M. O. Hunt (Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources)

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The Forest Products Laboratory is maintained in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin. This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and it is therefore in the public domain and not subject to copyright. The use of trade or firm names in this publication is for reader information and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of any product or service.

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Ross, R.J., Wang, X., Hunt, M.O. et al. Transverse vibration technique to identify deteriorated wood floor systems. Exp Tech 26, 28–30 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1567.2002.tb00075.x

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