Method of wood strength and stiffness prediction
CA 2530919 C · Owner: Usnr/Kockums Cancar Company · Inventors: Woods, Steve; Biernacki, Jacek; Lahoda, Ron
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A method of non-destructive testing of a wood piece using a multiplicity of sensors. The method may include the steps of sensing the wood piece; collecting information from the sensors; and integrating the information into a physical model providing for strength and stiffness prediction. The collected information relate to material characteristics of the wood piece and to fiber quality characteristics of the wood piece. The material characteristics may include one or more of the following material characteristics of the wood piece: growth ring thickness; grain angle deviation; clear wood density; knot location; knot density; knot type; knot size; location in the tree from which the …
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- Filed May 26, 2004 and granted December 19, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 2024.
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