EvaluationOfNewWoodenPoles
09/04/2011 - www.cbs-cbt.com
NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION FOR NEW WOODEN POLES QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Authors: Jean-Luc Sandoz, Dr. Ing. Yann Benoit, Dr. Ing.
PROVISORY VERSION
INTRODUCTION The selection of wood poles used as supports for telecom or power overhead lines is visually operated. National or companies standards define the wood poles mechanical classes based, for each species, on some material singularities (knots, slope of grain, annual rings...) and intrinsic properties (length, diameter, weight...). If this visual...