[HTML][HTML] Measurement of stiffness of standing trees and felled logs using acoustics: A review

M Legg, S Bradley - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
This paper provides a review on the use of acoustics to measure stiffness of standing trees,
stems, and logs. An outline is given of the properties of wood and how these are related to …

Wavelet packet energy–based damage identification of wood utility poles using support vector machine multi-classifier and evidence theory

Y Yu, U Dackermann, J Li… - Structural Health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a novel assessment framework to identify the health condition of wood
utility poles. The innovative approach is based on the integration of data mining and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural assessment techniques for in-service crossarms in power distribution Networks

P Rajeev, S Bandara, E Gad, J Shan - Infrastructures, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crossarms are widely used in power distribution and telecommunication sectors to support
overhead cables. These structures are horizontally attached to the top of vertically erected …

[HTML][HTML] An improved Hilbert–Huang transform for vibration-based damage detection of utility timber poles

I Das, MT Arif, AMT Oo, M Subhani - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, vibration based non-destructive testing (NDT) technique is adopted for
assessing the condition of in-service timber pole. Timber is a natural material, and hence the …

Guided wave–based condition assessment of in situ timber utility poles using machine learning algorithms

U Dackermann, B Skinner, J Li - Structural Health Monitoring, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a machine-learning-based approach for the structural health monitoring
(SHM) of in-situ timber utility poles based on guided wave (GW) propagation. The proposed …

Structural health assessment techniques for in-service timber poles

S Bandara, P Rajeev, E Gad - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Timber utility poles are widely used in power distribution and telecommunication networks.
Wood is subjected to deterioration with time, and routine condition assessment works are …

Frequency-based decoupling and finite element model updating in vibration of cable–beam systems

MH Jalali, DG Rideout - Journal of Vibration and Control, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Interactions between cable and structure affect the modal properties of cabled structures
such as overhead electricity transmission and distribution line systems. Modal properties of …

Application of stress wave propagation technique for condition assessment of timber poles

S Mudiyanselage, P Rajeev, E Gad… - Structure and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The stress wave propagation technique can be effectively used to assess the condition of
timber utility poles. However, reliable detection of damage based on the reflected wave …

Automated Health Condition Diagnosis of in situ Wood Utility Poles Using an Intelligent Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Framework

Y Yu, M Subhani, AN Hoshyar, J Li… - International Journal of …, 2020 - World Scientific
Wood utility poles are widely applied in power transmission and telecommunication systems
in Australia. Because of a variety of external influence factors, such as fungi, termite and …

Novel hybrid method based on advanced signal processing and soft computing techniques for condition assessment of timber utility poles

Y Yu, M Subhani, U Dackermann, J Li - Journal of Aerospace …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Recently, a variety of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) approaches have been developed for
health assessment and residual capacity estimation of timber structures. Among these …