Recently, we shared a blog discussing the various types of lumber strength properties. These are important for engineers to use to design structure with wood. But where do the lumber design values come from? The process of determining lumber design values has evolved over the years.
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Lumber Design Properties
Wood has different strength properties when loaded in different manners. In fact, there are six main design values that are published for lumber and timbers in order for engineers to appropriately design a structure. Bending: Two values are published for bending properties. The fiber stress in bending, Fb, is related to the breaking strength of […]
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