WDNET-YOLO: Enhanced Deep Learning for Structural Timber Defect Detection to Improve Building Safety and Reliability

Structural timber is an important building material, but surface defects such as cracks and knots seriously affect its load-bearing capacity, dimensional stability, and long-term durability, posing a significant risk to structural safety. Conventional inspection methods are unable to address the iss...

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Published in:	Buildings
Main Authors:	Xiaoxia Lin, Weihao Gong, Lin Sun, Xiaodong Yang, Chunwei Leng, Yan Li, Zhenyu Niu, Yingzhou Meng, Xinyue Xiao, Junyan Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Subjects:	structural timber defect detection timber quality control YOLOv8 building materials
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/13/2281