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Table 4 Transversal stress wave velocities (V) of undamaged iron-wood trees (N = 34)

From: Detection of decay damage in iron-wood living trees by nondestructive techniques

No.

Dia. of 2D (cm)

D × F (m Hz)

V (m/s)

V max

V mean

V min

1

24.2

317.9

2421

1820

1219

2

22.0

206.0

2015

1688

1361

3

36.0

451.8

2045

1687

1330

6

41.0

443.2

2109

1737

1365

7

48.6

402.7

2558

2198

1839

9

41.0

443.2

2565

2113

1662

11

60.6

360.6

3205

2571

1937

12

41.5

351.1

2614

2193

1773

14

29.5

292.1

2298

1914

1531

15

26.2

241.4

2221

1809

1398

16

37.7

324.4

2523

2140

1757

17

40.2

361.8

2656

2214

1772

18

33.1

261.0

2495

2006

1517

19

33.4

223.1

2574

2027

1481

20

31.6

230.4

2438

2022

1607

21

27.5

215.9

2231

1821

1412

22

29.3

278.6

2239

1864

1490

23

30.6

255.7

2216

1899

1583

24

25.2

216.7

2098

1791

1485

25

39.3

388.3

2510

2125

1741

27

61.1

405.1

2695

2353

2012

29

50.9

507.0

3028

2490

1952

30

48.4

457.4

2910

2190

1471

36

44.1

510.0

2888

2399

1911

38

43.5

413.3

2914

2280

1646

39

49.7

482.6

2971

2430

1890

40

40.0

384.8

2936

2226

1516

41

21.4

164.5

2028

1672

1316

42

40.7

420.4

2392

2033

1675

44

45.8

510.0

2830

2358

1886

45

54.2

558.3

3299

2635

1971

47

37.2

381.3

2765

2271

1778

48

42.3

442.9

2497

2137

1778

49

29.0

267.8

2144

1845

1547

Average

39.2 (9.5)

358.0 (105.6)

2539 (348)

2087 (265)

1636 (218)

  1. σ c, crushing strength; V min, minimum stress wave velocity; V mean, mean stress wave velocity; V max, maximum stress wave velocity; (), standard deviation