Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application

Abstract A vibration test, which does not require a complex measuring technique, is a simple and nondestructive method for measuring elastic constants. The strength of wood can be estimated using a vibration test because of the positive relationship between the dynamic Young’s modulus and strength....

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Main Author: Yoshitaka Kubojima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of Wood Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-025-02210-3
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description Abstract A vibration test, which does not require a complex measuring technique, is a simple and nondestructive method for measuring elastic constants. The strength of wood can be estimated using a vibration test because of the positive relationship between the dynamic Young’s modulus and strength. The vibrational properties of wood are affected by inhomogeneities in the specimen (knots and holes), grain angle, dimensions of the specimen, temperature, humidity (moisture content) and end conditions. Frequency equations that consider additional mass and defects in a wood specimen were shown for various vibration modes. The effects of sections of differing quality within a wood specimen, such as knots and holes on the results of vibration tests can be discussed using the aforementioned frequency equations, the shapes of bending vibration waves generated by the tapping of wood specimens determined using a transfer function, resonance frequency shifts of a power spectrum due to defects, and the dependence of Young’s modulus on the resonance mode number. The mass and Young’s modulus of the lumber in a stack and beams of timber guardrails can be estimated without weighing.
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spelling doaj-art-ba581cc6c53a4740b87f7cab3c05408c2025-08-20T03:42:48ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Wood Science1611-46632025-07-0171111010.1186/s10086-025-02210-3Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its applicationYoshitaka Kubojima0Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteAbstract A vibration test, which does not require a complex measuring technique, is a simple and nondestructive method for measuring elastic constants. The strength of wood can be estimated using a vibration test because of the positive relationship between the dynamic Young’s modulus and strength. The vibrational properties of wood are affected by inhomogeneities in the specimen (knots and holes), grain angle, dimensions of the specimen, temperature, humidity (moisture content) and end conditions. Frequency equations that consider additional mass and defects in a wood specimen were shown for various vibration modes. The effects of sections of differing quality within a wood specimen, such as knots and holes on the results of vibration tests can be discussed using the aforementioned frequency equations, the shapes of bending vibration waves generated by the tapping of wood specimens determined using a transfer function, resonance frequency shifts of a power spectrum due to defects, and the dependence of Young’s modulus on the resonance mode number. The mass and Young’s modulus of the lumber in a stack and beams of timber guardrails can be estimated without weighing.https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-025-02210-3DefectsFrequency equationMass additionOn-site measurementVibration test
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Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
Journal of Wood Science
Defects
Frequency equation
Mass addition
On-site measurement
Vibration test
title Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
title_full Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
title_fullStr Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
title_full_unstemmed Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
title_short Effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
title_sort effect of mass addition on the vibrational properties of wood and its application
topic Defects
Frequency equation
Mass addition
On-site measurement
Vibration test
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-025-02210-3
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