TY - JOUR T1 - Use of the Fractometer to Determine the Strength of Wood with Incipient Decay JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO - JOA SP - 105 LP - 112 DO - 10.48044/jauf.1995.018 VL - 21 IS - 3 AU - Claus G. Mattheck AU - Helge Breloer AU - Klaus A. Bethge AU - Wolfgang A. Albrecht AU - Achim W. Zipse Y1 - 1995/05/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/21/3/105.abstract N2 - A fairly new method (Visual Tree Assessment on a biomechanical basis, VTA) and a handy tool for measuring wood quality in terms of strength and stiffness (the Fractometer) are presented together with a new mechanically equivalent model for wood. The paper gives help in interpreting the results gained by Fractometer measurements. ER -