reference density. A signal cable55connects ultrasonic transducer48within the scanning device20to the scanning device processor21. Devices for determining the actual density of the underlying material could be used as well, and as used herein, the phrase “density sensor” is intended to cover ...
The utilization of bamboo as a raw material for structural products has been researched, at present, in such applications as laminated bamboo lumber [1], bamboo-oriented strand board [2,3], and bamboo plywood [4,5]. These results showed that the bamboo products have excellent performance ...
The observation of the mechanical properties of wood with different mechanical forces has been impressed upon by many researchers over the last century at the macro scale (lumber) and, recently, at the cellular scale with microscopy, such as that reported in [4,5,6,7], or with X-ray ...