NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF THE EXISTING TIMBER COLUMNS OF MINAHASA TRADITIONAL HOUSE

Non-destructive testing is a method used to predict the dynamic elastic moduli of timber, tree, pole, or log, both in the longitudinal or radial axis. The benefits of this test are to obtain the mechanical properties, to repair the damaged components, or to determining the type or the class of timber. These research aims are to conduct nondestructive testing of timber to obtain empirical data which is dynamic elastic moduli. The scope of the research is that the timber tested are the column components of the existing Minahasa Traditional House. The test results indicate that the dynamic elastic moduli is 23206.65 MPa and the static elastic moduli is 20653.91 MPa. This results indicated that the timber is categorized as an E20 Timber type