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The acoustic emissions (AEs) under partially compression were monitored with two softwood and one hardwood specimens in very eary stages of decay by a brown- and a white-rot fungus. Even slightly decayed specimens emitted AEs immediately after beginning of loading, typically when partial compression stress was applied to brown-rotted wood with the flat-headed attachment. With sound specimens of three wood species, only a few AEs were generated until the load reached at the proportional limit. These results suggest that AE monitoring will be one of the feasible means to detect the incipient stages of decay in a field test.
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The authors thank the Weyerhaeuser Research Grants Program for its aid in this investigation
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Noguchi, M., Ishii, R., Fujii, Y. et al. Acoustic emission monitoring during partial compression to detect early stages of decay. Wood Sci.Technol. 26, 279–287 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200163
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200163