Open AccessUse of the Fractometer to Determine the Strength of Wood with Incipient Decay
Author(s) -
C. Mattheck,
Helge Breloer,
K. Bethge,
Wolfgang A. Albrecht
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.1995.018
Subject(s) - stiffness , basis (linear algebra) , quality (philosophy) , tree (set theory) , biological system , mathematics , environmental science , materials science , composite material , biology , physics , geometry , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics
A fairly new method (Visual Tree Assessment on a biomechanical basis, VTA) and a handy tool for measuring wood quality in terms of strength and stiffness (the Fractometer) are presented together with a new mechanically equivalent model for wood. The paper gives help in interpreting the results gained by Fractometer measurements.