It was previously reported that extractives from Pernambuco wood (a species from Leguminosae family, native to South America) are positive for acoustical performance of wood. Thus the present study set to investigate the effect of extraction in hot water and ethanol/acetone mixture on acoustical properties of Persian silk wood (Albizia julibrissin, a species from Leguminosae family, native to Iran). Contactless forced flexural vibration on both free-ends of beams was performed on thin small specimens before and after extraction. Results showed that the extractive components soluble in hot water were positively useful to acoustical properties because removing these extractives reduced the acoustic property of the wood. Raw wood from Persian silk tree based on a combination of studied acoustical characteristics has theoretically the potential to be applied in violin backs and ribs.

Estudar a influência de um defeito sobre o comportamento dinâmico da madeira, a fim de detectar as heterogeneidades locais, é de grande importância em ensaios não destrutivos. As heterogeneidades naturais da madeira são orientadas em um volume. Entretanto, modelos unidimensionais ainda são utilizados para a caracterização dinâmica de vigas de madeira. Objetivou-se, neste estudo, investigar experimentalmente os efeitos da orientação e da posição de um defeito artificial nas frequências de vibração de flexão. Diferentes lotes de amostras de Fagus orientalis foram perfurados na direção radial, em cinco posições, ao longo do comprimento da amostra. Os ensaios dinâmicos em vibração de flexão livre foram realizados nas amostras antes e depois da perfuração nos planos de flexão longitudinal-radial (LR) e longitudinal-tangencial (LT). O comportamento em vibração de flexão livre foi diferente em função da posição e da orientação da heterogeneidade. Quando o eixo de perfuração estava no plano de flexão (LR), o enfraquecimento das frequências foi máximo, no local de um antinode de vibração. O deslocamento de frequência, apresentou comportamento contrário, ou seja, foi máximo na zona de um nó de vibração, quando o eixo de perfuração era ortogonal em relação ao plano de flexão (LT).

Studying the influence of defect on the dynamic behavior of wood in order to detect the local heterogeneities is of great importance in non-destructive testing of wood. The natural heterogeneities in wood are oriented in a volume. However, one-dimensional models are still used in dynamic characterization of wooden beams. The aim of this study was to experimentally investigate the effects of the orientation and position of an artificial defect on the flexural vibration frequencies. Different batches of Fagus orientalis specimens were drilled in the radial direction at five positions along the specimen. Dynamic tests in free flexural vibration were performed on the specimens before and after drilling both in the longitudinal-radial (LR) and longitudinal-tangential (LT) bending plan. The behavior in free flexural vibration was found to be different depending on the position and orientation of heterogeneity. When the drilling axis lies in the bending plane (LR), the weakening of frequency was maximal at the location of an antinode of vibration. On the contrary, the frequency offset was maximal in the place of a vibration node when the drilling axis was orthogonal to the bending plane (LT).