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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Coefficients of the relational expression of moisture content and change rate of velocity

From: Influence of moisture content on estimating Young’s modulus of full-scale timber using stress wave velocity

 

Measurement position

n a

V 0 (m s−1)

V u /V 0 = pu + 1

V u /V 0 = qu + r

p (1/%)

q (1/%)

r

Present

Pith

6

5302

(312)

−0.00645

(0.00061)

−0.00215

(0.00038)

0.8796

(0.0277)

Mature wood

6

5390

(309)

−0.00586

(0.00056)

−0.00218

(0.00035)

0.8970

(0.0257)

Average

6

5346

(309)

−0.00616

(0.00057)

−0.00216

(0.00036)

0.8880

(0.0262)

Guanb

Heartwood

1

 

−0.00541

 

−0.00161

 

0.8895

 

Sapwood

1

 

−0.00396

 

−0.00108

 

0.8979

 

Overall

2

 

−0.00498

 

−0.00123

 

0.8836

 
  1. Standard deviation is given in round brackets
  2. a n means number of analyzed data set (Group A)
  3. bAnalyzed with data extracted from Guan [14]. Size of Guan’s specimen is 20(T) × 20(R) × 500(L) mm