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Sylvatest

Sylvatest is an ultrasonic measuring device that provides an overall diagnosis of a wooden component to test its mechanical strength. This is a specific non-destructive testing tool for wooden beams.

Timber Beam Strength Test

Description

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Sylvatest is an acousto-ultrasonic measuring device that provides an overall diagnosis of the wood element, based on the speed and energy absorption of the transmitted ultrasonic wave.[1][2][3] The result given reflects the residual health of the wood in the trunk of the tree tested or the beam measured. These are non-destructive tests.[4][5]

The technology was developed by Professor Jean-Luc Sandoz as part of his thesis at EPFL in 1984 and was further developed by researcher Yann Benoit in 1998.[4][6]

 
Grading by ultrasound

Applications

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The sylvatest is used in many countries (Brazil, Europe and Asia).[4][7][8][9][10]

It has been used on historic buildings such as the Entrepôts des magasins généraux in Paris, the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the beams of Notre-Dame de Paris[11][12] or even the Château de Valère.[13]

It is also used to certify the quality of wood for registered designations of origin such as Bois des Alpes[14][15] or Bois de Chatreuse.[16][17]

Bibliography

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  • Research seminar: Diagnosing century-old reclaimed timber with a view to its reuse;[18]
  • Yosafat Aji Pranata, Muhammad Rusli, « Non-destructive testing go the existing timber columns of Minahasa traditional house »[19]
  • Nondestructive Techniques for Determination of Wood Mechanical Properties of Urban Trees in Madrid;[20]
  • CMechanical strength of structural timber. Taking account of singularities when modelling mechanical behaviour.[21]
  • Rita Bütler, Lita Patty, Renée-Claire Le Bayon et Claire Guenat, Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 242, avril 2007, p. 791–799[22]
  • Document de travail Interreg France-Suisse de 2019[23]
  • Probe-wood contact and gauge pressure with Sylvatest-Duo for precision ultrasonic measurements of wood[24]
  • Evaluation of two acoustic methods for determining the modulus of elasticity of young hybrid larch wood (Larix x eurolepis Henry) - comparison with a standard static bending method [25]
  • Classification of Guyanese structural timbers. Comparison of three non-destructive techniques: visual, ultrasonic and modal analysis.[26]
  • Evaluation of modulus of elasticity of date palm sandwich panels using ultrasonic wave velocity and experimental models [27]

References

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  1. ^ "sylvatest | interprétations | Dictionnaires et Encyclopédies sur le Akademik". Dictionnaires et Encyclopédies sur 'Academic' (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ^ Technique (2013-06-05). "Tests". Le Moniteur (in French).
  3. ^ "Tares internes de bois sur pied: détection par ultrasons".
  4. ^ a b c "CBT : le contrôle non destructif du bois au service de son usage efficient". www.leboisinternational.com (in French). 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  5. ^ "CBS-CBT: l'innovation qui marche". Fordaq. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  6. ^ "CBS-CBT, l'expert mondial du bois enraciné en Suisse romande". Agefi.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  7. ^ "Sylvatest – IPETech" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  8. ^ "Sylvatest TRIO ultrasounds for wood quality assessment-Dianjiang Group Limited". www.dianjianghk.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  9. ^ "Sylvatest".
  10. ^ "pemeriksaan pohon dengan sylvatest duo - DATATEMPO". www.datatempo.co. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  11. ^ "CBS : expertise des bois anciens et préconisations pour leur réemploi". www.leboisinternational.com (in French). 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  12. ^ Yousra Gouja (2023-06-28). "" Plus d'ingénierie, moins de matière dans la construction bois " - Cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment (CTB)". Cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment (CTB) (in French).
  13. ^ "RRB'23 : Château de Valère du 16 septembre 2023 à Basilique de Valère | Sortir.lenouvelliste.ch | La plateforme des événements du canton du Valais". www.lenouvelliste.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  14. ^ La Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes. "Bâtiment multifonctionnel en bois local". CIPRA (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  15. ^ "Un bâtiment en Bois des Alpes". www.boisdesalpes.net. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  16. ^ "Le massif de la Chartreuse, première forêt candidate à une AOC". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2003-01-10. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  17. ^ Bois de Chartreuse - qualification Sylvatest. "Bois de Chartreuse du bois pour construire. - ppt video online télécharger". slideplayer.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  18. ^ gdelaforce (2020-01-04). "To diagnose 100-year-old timber salvaged from frameworks with a view to its re-use". Matériaux pour l'éco-conception. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  19. ^ "Non-destructive testing" (PDF).
  20. ^ Virgen-Cobos, Gabriel H.; Olvera-Licona, Guadalupe; Hermoso, Eva; Esteban, Miguel (29 July 2022). "Nondestructive Techniques for Determination of Wood Mechanical Properties of Urban Trees in Madrid". Forests. 13 (9): 1381. doi:10.3390/f13091381. hdl:10261/303528. ISSN 1999-4907.
  21. ^ "Mechanical grading of structural timber" (PDF).
  22. ^ Bütler, Rita; Patty, Lita; Le Bayon, Renée-Claire; Guenat, Claire; Schlaepfer, Rodolphe (2007-04-30). "Log decay of Picea abies in the Swiss Jura Mountains of central Europe". Forest Ecology and Management. 242 (2): 791–799. Bibcode:2007ForEM.242..791B. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.017. ISSN 0378-1127.
  23. ^ "Sylvatest project - interreg France - Switzerland" (PDF).
  24. ^ www.cabdirect.org https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/welcome/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f20163401611. Retrieved 2023-10-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ "Evaluation of two acoustic methods for determining the modulus of elasticity of young hybrid larch wood (Larix x eurolepis Henry) - comparison with a standard static bending method" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Classification des bois de construction guyanais. Comparaison de trois techniques non destructives : visuelle, ultrasonique et analyse modale".
  27. ^ Haseli, Maryam; Layeghi, Mohammad; Zarea Hosseinabadi, Hamid (January 2020). "Evaluation of modulus of elasticity of date palm sandwich panels using ultrasonic wave velocity and experimental models". Measurement. 149: 107016. Bibcode:2020Meas..14907016H. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107016. S2CID 203076768.
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