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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Accuracy of VAM (vibration test for the pile model)

From: Mass of piled lumber estimated through vibration test

Specimen

l (mm)

M0 (g)

f10 (Hz)

P (kg)

M (g)

f1 (Hz)

xCM = 0

xCM = xG

MVAM (g)

MVAM/M0

M (g)

MVAM/M0

No. 1

1500

7228.0

255.0000

73.22

106.0031

248.3750

7499.6

1.04

6785.0

0.94

No. 2

1500

6673.0

252.9375

73.78

106.0016

245.8125

6866.0

1.03

6208.9

0.93

No. 3

1500

6188.6

232.8125

73.78

106.0013

226.3750

7006.8

1.13

6337.0

1.02

No. 4

1599

7305.0

220.7500

73.62

106.0013

215.5000

8252.9

1.13

7517.1

1.03

No. 5

1599

7070.0

218.8500

73.86

106.0011

213.7500

8435.8

1.19

7684.5

1.09

  1. l and M0 are same values as Table 1. P: sum of the iron jigs with a rubber sheet, wood with the same dimensions as the specimens, and weights placed on the specimen. Refer to Table 1