The association between the Laboratory of Geodetic Instrumentation and the Laboratory of Wood Technology, both from the Federal University of Paraná, enabled the development of this project. It was decided to insert geodetic methods, applicable to monitoring structures, in testing structural timber. Static bending tests were done on plywood panels, using a Universal Testing Machine, the geodetic predefined monitoring points on the specimen were applied by the method of three-dimensional irradiation. At the end of the structural test the maximum deflection (deformation of the vertical component) of the specimen obtained by Universal Testing Machine and the geodetic monitoring was analysed and compered. Also, three-tridimensional behavior of the specimen during the tests was observed. Thus, testing technique and geodetic method as a new proposal for a verification of displacements for testing structural timber were used. Statistically it was shown that the values for the displacements central - maximum deflections - obtained for the geodetic monitoring were the same as the results of the machine. It was confirmed that, the proposed method and the geodetic techniques tested, may also, be applied in laboratory tests on structural wood.
Geodetic Monitoring; Static Bending Test; Plywood Panel; Maximum Deflection
