Nondestructive Characterization and Imaging of Wood
Published on 12. May 2003
Book
Hardback
XIV, 354 pages
978-3-540-43840-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book on the Nondestructive Characterization and Imaging of Wood by Professor Voichita Bucur is truly the most outstanding reference on the subject ever written. Since the origins of mankind, wood has played a key role in the history of humans and other living creatures, ranging from provision of life from trees giving air, heat, light, and food to nourish their bodies to structures to protect them from the elements. Wood has also played a key role in one of the world's primary religions. Nondestructive diagnostics methods have long found application in medi cal practice for examination of the human body in order to detect life threatening abnormalities and permit diagnosis to extend life. Nondestructive testing has been used for many years to insure the safety of machinery, air craft, railroads, tunnels, buildings and many other structures. Therefore, it is timely for a treatise, like the present one, to be written describing how wood can be characterized without employing destructive test methods. Since wood is so valuable to mankind, it is important to know the latest methods to nondestructively characterize wood for all practical applications.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"A comprehensive account is given of the principles, practice and achievements of imaging the internal structure of wood and wood-based composites. Techniques for non-destructive evaluation which are discussed are ionizing radiation computed tomography, thermal imaging, microwave imaging, ultrasonic imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, and neutron imaging. There is an extensive bibliography and a subject index. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with wood as an engineering material, as well as research scientists and students of wood structure." (CAB Abstracts, July, 2008)
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Series
Edition
2003 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 354 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
791 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-43840-3 (9783540438403)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-08986-6
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Nondestructive Characterization and Imaging of Wood
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Person
Professor Dr. eng. Voichita Bucur, currently adjunct professor at School of Science, RMIT University Melbourne, Australia, received her bachelor in Engineering in 1962 from Polytechnic Institute Brasov, Romania, and her PhD in Mechanics-Ultrasonics in 1984 from the Institut Supérieur des Materiaux, St Ouen, Paris, today known as Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de Paris, France.
Her fields of research encompass development of non-destructive techniques (vibrational, acoustic, ultrasonic, X- rays) for the assessment of the quality of trees, wood products and wood-based composites, mechanical characterisation of materials with non-destructive techniques, wood science and technology, and mechanical characterisation of wood for musical instruments. She wrote and edited books (7) published by Springer since 2003 and published more than 150 articles in scientific journals.
In 2004 she was awarded with silver medal by Société d' Encouragement du Progrès, France, for contributions to mechanics, acoustics, wood science, education and service to the society. In 2007 she had the distinguish award at 15th International Symposium on Nondestructive Testing of Wood, Duluth, Minnesota, USA, for contribution to the development of nondestructive techniques for wood and wood-based composites. In 2021 she had the prestigious RWB Stephens Medal awarded by the Institute of Acoustics UK for outstanding contributions to acoustics research or education.
Content
1 Introduction.- 2 Ionizing Radiation Computed Tomography.- 3 Thermal Imaging.- 4 Microwave Imaging.- 5 Ultrasonic Imaging.- 6 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- 7 Neutron Imaging.- References.- List of Notations.- Color Plates.