Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Younan, Nicholas
Committee Member
Hagler, Marion
Committee Member
Steele, Philip
Date of Degree
5-11-2002
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Electrical Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Engineering
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
The detection of internal log defects has been shown to have a potential for increasing the lumber value. As an alternative to other available expensive log scanning devices, a method using radio frequency waves has been used to detect the knots. The main focus of the current research is to investigate the effectiveness of using radio frequency waves to detect the knots. Electrostatic finite element analysis is performed to predict the defects in logs. A script has been written using the commercial finite element ANSYS software to predict defects in log sections. The results are then compared with the experimental data measured on actual log sections. Analysis proved that it is possible to detect presence of knots in the log sections.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18374
Recommended Citation
Bikkina, Satya Prakash, "Detection of Knots in the Logs Using Finite Element Analysis" (2002). Theses and Dissertations. 1333.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1333