Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageUndetermined
Published Madison, Wis. : The Laboratory, [2010]
EditionCentennial ed.
SeriesGeneral technical report FPL ; 190.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523113460
1523113464
9781484859704
Physical Description1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Wood as a Sustainable Building Material
  • Chapter 2: Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods
  • Chapter 3: Structure and Function of Wood
  • Chapter 4: Moisture Relations and Physical Properties of Wood
  • Chapter 5: Mechanical Properties of Wood
  • Chapter 6: Commercial Lumber, Round Timbers, and Ties
  • Chapter 7: Stress Grades and Design Properties for Lumber, Round Timber, and Ties
  • Chapter 8: Fastenings
  • Chapter 9: Structural Analysis Equations
  • Chapter 10: Adhesives with Wood Materials: Bond Formation and Performance
  • Chapter 11: Wood-Based Composite Materials: Panel Products, Glued-Laminated Timber, Structural Composite Lumber, and Wood-Nonwood Composite Materials
  • Chapter 12: Mechanical Properties of Wood-Based Composite Materials
  • Chapter 13: Drying and Control of Moisture Content: content and dimensional changes
  • Chapter 14: Biodeterioration of Wood
  • Chapter 15: Wood Preservation
  • Chapter 16: Finishing of Wood
  • Chapter 17: Use of Wood in Buildings and Bridges
  • Chapter 18: Fire Safety of Wood Construction
  • Chapter 19: Specialty Treatments
  • Chapter 20: Heat Sterilization of Wood
  • Glossary
  • Index.