Effect of Woodpecker Damage and Wood Decay on Wood Utility Pole Strength

In many regions of North America, Europe, and Australia, wood utility poles are used as main and secondary structural members for the support of electrical distribution and transmission lines. In the province of Ontario alone there are over 40000 H-frame, 6000 Gulfport, and thousands of single pole...

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Main Author: Steenhof, Mark
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5877