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ABSTRACT<br />

CARREIRA, M. R. Evaluation of bending stiffness of wood logs by means of transverse<br />

vibration. 2012. 386 f. Thesis (Doctoral) – Escola <strong>de</strong> Engenharia <strong>de</strong> São Carlos,<br />

Universi<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong> São Paulo, São Carlos, 2012.<br />

Before using the wood logs as a structural element is necessary to evaluate the<br />

mechanical properties of this material by visual inspection and mechanical testing. The<br />

transverse vibration technique has stood out among the other methods of Non-Destructive<br />

Evaluation for lumber to obtain accurate estimates of the bending modulus of elasticity.<br />

However, previous tests showed difficulties with this technique to use it to evaluate the<br />

bending stiffness of logs. The aim of this work is to propose a test method to estimate the<br />

bending modulus of elasticity of wood logs by means of transverse vibration. The proposed<br />

method was tested and vali<strong>da</strong>ted on a sample of 40 logs of Eucalyptus sp. It was obtained<br />

good correlation between the static bending and dynamic modulus of elasticity obtained by<br />

transverse vibration test.<br />

Keywords: Non-<strong>de</strong>structive evaluation; wood logs; transverse vibration; bending stiffness;<br />

dynamic test.

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