Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material

building codes in the United States stipulate that plywood used for structural applications such as subflooring and sheathing mu ...

Chapter 12 Mechanical Properties of Wood-Based Composite Materials ASTM D 7031 for wood–plastic composites, and ASTM D 7341 for ...

If design calculations are desired, a design guide is provided by the APA–The Engineered Wood Association in Plywood Design Spec ...

tested by an independent laboratory in accordance with product standard ANSI A135.6. Medium-Density Fiberboard Minimum property ...

which are referred to as laminations, parallel to the length. Table 12–7 provides some selected properties of glulam products fr ...

relatively high design values can be assigned to strength properties for both LVL and PSL. Whereas both LSL and OSL have somewha ...

General Technical Report FPL–GTR– 190 Table 12–8. Selected properties of laminated veneer lumber for structural composite lumber ...

improved the strength and stiffness. Generally, adding a coupling agent to the mix also improved mechanical prop- erties. Adding ...

General Technical Report FPL–GTR– 190 ASTM D 1037–06a. Standard test methods for evalu- ating the properties of wood-based fiber ...

Chapter 12 Mechanical Properties of Wood-Based Composite Materials Bender, D.A.; Wolcott, M.P.; Dolan, J.D. 2006. Structural des ...

General Technical Report FPL–GTR– 190 Moody, R.C.; Peters, C.C. 1972. Strength properties of rotary knife-cut laminated Southern ...

CHAPTER 13 Drying and Control of Moisture Content and Dimensional Changes Richard Bergman, Research Forest Products Technologist ...

tives. The electrical method is rapid, does not require cutting the wood, and can be used on wood installed in a structure. Howe ...

Chapter 13 Drying and Control of Moisture Content and Dimensional Changes the electrode. Apply a species correction supplied wit ...

General Technical Report FPL–GTR– 190 Table 13–1. Equilibrium moisture content for outside conditions in several U.S. locations ...

quantities of moisture. To keep the final moisture content low and to minimize the need for re-drying the plywood, the initial m ...

Softwood lumber intended for framing in construction is usually targeted for drying to an average moisture content of 15%, not t ...

though longitudinal diffusion is much faster than diffusion across the grain, it generally is not of practical importance in lum ...

present on the opposite side, the difference in their longitu- dinal shrinkage can also cause warp. Dry Kilns Most dry kilns are ...

extent, it becomes weaker as temperature increases. The net result is that as wood dries it becomes stronger because of the decr ...