Glued structural members

Russell C. Moody; Jen Y. Liu

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Glued structural members

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Russell C. Moody, Jen Y. Liu

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material. Madison, WI : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. General technical report FPL ; GTR-113: Pages 11.1-11.24

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Abstract

Glued structural members are manufactured in a variety of configurations. Structural composite lumber (SCL) products consist of small pieces of wood glued together into sizes common for solid-sawn lumber. Glued-laminated timber (glulam) is an engineered stress-rated product that consists of two or more layers of lumber in which the grain of all layers is oriented parallel to the length of the lumber. Glued structural members also include lumber that is glued to panel products, such as box beams and I- eams, and structural sandwich construction.

Keywords

Structural timbers, composite boards, adhesives, gluing, veneers, laminated wood, panels, wood properties

Citation

Moody, Russell C.; Liu, Jen Y. 1999. Glued structural members. Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material. Madison, WI : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. General technical report FPL ; GTR-113: Pages 11.1-11.24