This new Second Edition is more than 450 pages, containing virtually everything an engineer, builder, or architect must know about the kinds of wood and wood-based products their properties and uses, in order to do their jobs most efficiently and effectively.
It supplies only down-to-earth, up-to-date information on a variety of woods and wood-related topics, including:
Characteristics and availability f woods commercially important to the Unite States.
Structure of wood
Physical properties of wood
Mechanical properties of wood
Commercial lumber
Lumber stress grades and allowable properties
Fastenings
Structural analysis formulas
Bonding wood and wood products
Glued structural members
Plywood
Structural sandwich construction
Bent wood members
Control of moisture content and dimensional changes
Fire safety in wood construction
Finishing of wood
Protection from organisms that degrade wood
Wood preservation
Round timbers and ties
Moisture movement and thermal insulation in light-frame structures
Insulation board, hardboard, medium-density fiberboard, and laminated paperboards
Wood-based particle panel materials
Modified woods and paper base laminates
In scope of coverage and practical usefulness, the new Second Edition of this best-selling reference stands head and shoulders above any other book on the subject.
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