Correlations between quality parameters of structural spruce wood

The quality of structural spruce wood is described with parameters: modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture and wood density. They are determined by destructive bending tests according to EN 408. There is a dominant relationship between strength and predictive parameter representing a basis for strength grading of structural wood. Non-destructive methods based on various principles are used to determine the quality of structural wood. Correlations between parameters from destructive bending tests and non-destructive methods were evaluated. All dependences are statistically significant. This knowledge is used in two-stage prediction method for determination of modulus of rupture.