APA engineered wood handbook

Author(s)

    • Williamson, Thomas G.

Bibliographic Information

APA engineered wood handbook

Thomas G. Williamson, editor

(McGraw-Hill handbooks)

McGraw-Hill, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. THE ENGINEERED-WOOD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDEThis unique handbook shows you what you can do with glued engineered wood composites in both residential and nonresidential building construction applications--products that not only perform better than traditional solid wood products, but also reduce the pressure on available wood fiber resources. The APA ENGINEERED WOOD HANDBOOK provides standards and guidelines for getting the most from some of the most exciting wood based materials available in construction today. LET THIS BOOK HELP YOU-- * Cut building costs and improve building performance by using glued wood composites featuring enhanced performance characteristics * Gain a better understanding and discover new applications for plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), prefabricated wood I-joists, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), glued laminated timber (glulam), and other related glued wood products * Get the latest design recommendations for shear walls and diaphragms * Find up-to-date information on mechanical connections * Obtain industry recommendations for fire and acoustic design solutions and treatments and finishes for engineered wood composites * Learn about new technologies on the horizon

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Wood as an Engineering Material. Chapter 2: Wood Structural Panels. Chapter 3: Wood Structural Panels in Structural Components. Chapter 4: Structural Glued Laminated Timber. Chapter 5: Prefabricated Wood I-Joists and Engineered Rim Board. Chapter 6: Structural Composite Lumber. Chapter 7: Designing for Lateral Loads. Chapter 8: Mechanical Fasteners and Connections. Chapter 9: Treatments and Finishes for Wood. Chapter 10: Fire- and Noise-Rated Systems. Chapter 11: Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)-Wood Hybrid. Chapter 12: Designing and Detailing for Permanence. Appendix. Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA5409360X
  • ISBN
    • 0071360298
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    1 v. (various pagings)
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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