Method for Predicting Dry Mechanical Properties from Wet Wood and Standing Trees

A method for determining the dry mechanical strength for a green wood comprising: illuminating a surface of the wood to be determined with light between 350-2,500 nm, the wood having a green moisture content; analyzing the surface using a spectrometric method, the method generating a first spectral data, and using a multivariate analysis to predict the dry mechanical strength of green wood when dry by comparing the first spectral data with a calibration model, the calibration model comprising a second spectrometric method of spectral data obtained from a reference wood having a green moisture content, the second spectral data correlated with a known mechanical strength analytical result obtained from a reference wood when dried and having a dry moisture content.

Patents:
US 6,606,568   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): Robert R. Meglen; Stephen S. Kelley

Type of Offer: Licensing



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