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RECORD NUMBER: 15 OF 851Main Title | Acoustics of Wood [electronic resource] / | ||||
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Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Bucur, Voichita. | ||||
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg, | ||||
Year Published | 2006 | ||||
Call Number | TS800-915 | ||||
ISBN | 9783540305941 | ||||
Subjects | Life sciences ; Forests and forestry ; Wood ; Mechanics ; Acoustics | ||||
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Edition | 2nd Edition. | ||||
Collation | XVIII, 394 p. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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Contents Notes | Environmental Acoustics -- Acoustics of Forests and Acoustic Quality Control of Some Forest Products -- Wood and Wood-Based Materials in Architectural Acoustics -- Material Characterization -- Theory of and Experimental Methods for the Acoustic Characterization of Wood -- Elastic Constants of Wood Material -- Wood Structural Anisotropy and Ultrasonic Parameters -- Quality Assessment -- Wood Species for Musical Instruments -- Acoustic Methods as a Nondestructive Tool for Wood Quality Assessment -- Environmental Modifiers of Wood Structural Parameters Detected with Ultrasonic Waves -- Acoustic Emission -- Acousto-Ultrasonics -- High-Power Ultrasonic Treatment for Wood Processing. From the reviews of the 1st edition: "It will surely remain the most comprehensive work in this field for a long time to come. It belongs on the bookshelf of every material scientist and structural engineer." CAS Journal, USA "...[T]he author has done an admirable job, collecting, organizing, and reviewing the disparate literature on most aspects of the Acoustics of Wood." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, USA |