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A large number of studies on the decay performance of wood in outdoor exposure have been conducted in the past. However, no test methodology for wooden components exposed above ground reflecting the variety of different loads has been established so far. Many test protocols were modified in different ways throughout the years and results were often published only in an encoded or incomplete way. This...