Non-Destructive Testing of Wood

The ability to measure the mechanical properties of wood can significantly impact the efficiency, sustainability, and profitability of the wood industry. The stiffness of wood is predominantly the most useful mechanical property to be measured as it can be used for the segregation of logs into different grades. The traditional static bending test is considered the gold standard for measuring the stiffness of wood. However, this method is destructive, costly, and difficult to use. At Smart Lab we are developing Non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques to mitigate these issues.

Researchers:

  • Adli Hasan Abu Bakar (PhD researcher)
  • Dr Mathew Legg (Research Lead)
  • A/P Fakhrul Alam
  • Dr Daniel Konings

Publications in Non-Destructive Testing of Wood:

  1. A. H. A. Bakar, M. Legg, D. Konings, and F. Alam, “The Effects of Dispersion on Time-of-Flight Acoustic Velocity Measurements in a Wooden Rod”, December 2022, Ultrasonics.
  2. A.  H. A. Bakar, M. Legg, D. Konings, and F. Alam, "Estimation of the Rod Velocity in Wood using Multi-frequency Guided Wave Measurements ", November 2022, Applied Acoustics.
  3. A. H. A. Bakar, M. Legg, D. Konings, and F. Alam, " Ultrasonic Guided Wave Measurement in a Wooden Rod using Shear Transducer Arrays," Ultrasonics, September 2021