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Estimating a Relationship between Different Destructive Tests on Timber
Author(s) -
Bartlett N. R.,
Lwin T.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347664
Subject(s) - environmental science , statistics , forensic engineering , engineering , mathematics
SUMMARY In the experiments dealing with specimens of timber, tests conducted to measure bending strength, B , or tension strength, T , are destructive so that one can measure either B or T but not both. However, tests conducted for measuring the modulus of elasticity, E , are not destructive; thus one can only measure ( E and T ) or ( E and B) jointly. A specific design of experiment used to determine relationships between B and T is presented and studied in detail. Construction and estimation of a relationship for predicting T using information on E and partial information on B is also considered.