Bridges are often located in harsh environments and are thus extremely susceptible to
damage. If the initial damage is not detected in time, it can develop further causing safety …

Wood is a complex hierarchical material. As a widely available renewable resource, it has
been used throughout history to construct dwellings and transportation, tools, art and …

Timber structures have been a dominant form of construction throughout most of history and
continued to serve as a widely used staple of civil infrastructure in the modern era. As a …

Interpreting 3D point cloud data of the interior and exterior of buildings is essential for
automated navigation, interaction and 3D reconstruction. However, the direct exploitation of …

The non-destructive assessment of mechanical properties of timber members in situ is
currently done by applying visual strength grading standards (VSG) which were developed …

This paper reviews state-of-the-art in nondestructive testing (NDT) and semidestructive
testing (SDT) methods applicable for imaging the condition of structural timber. Both NDT …

In the world of cultural heritage, a wide range of artefacts and buildings are made of wood
and, therefore, are subjected to moisture-induced stress and strain cycles, owing to …

Aiming at the challenges of networked visual servo control systems, which rarely consider
network communication duration and image processing computational cost simultaneously …

Bearings are very common mechanical components that are widely used in all kinds of
machines. Currently, bearing surface defect detection is mainly completed by naked-eye …

The paper deals with investigations about mechanical properties of Iroko, a hardwood
species used for structures in shipbuilding as glued laminated timber. Experimental tests …