Resistograph investigation of Scots pine wood utility poles in the State Museum at Majdanek

Abstract

Resistograph investigation of Scots pine wood utility poles in the State Museum at Majdanek. Any activity relative to the protection of monuments is determined by the requirements of fidelity and authenticity in the preservation of the place and landscape. On the site of the State Museum at Majdanek, the former infrastructure of the concentration camp has been reconstructed. An element there of are pine wood utility poles.The present research project involved an assessment of their state of preservation with the method of resistography. The poles were subjected to inspection and preliminary acoustic assessment by means of tapping. Resistograph drillings were made radially, perpendicularly to the side surface of the poles, at various heights. A number of the poles have been found to be highly degraded in their sapwood part, which threatens their stability – these poles require immediate replacement. The principal cause of the degradation areactive feeding grounds of European house borer.The results of the research confirmed the effectiveness of resistographyin onsite assessment of the state of preservation of wooden poles.