文档介绍：Abstract
Summarizes information on wood as an engineering material.
Presents properties of wood and wood-based products of
particular concern to the architect and engineer. Includes
discussion of designing with wood and wood-based products
along with some pertinent uses.
Keywords: wood structure, physical properties (wood),
mechanical properties (wood), lumber, wood-based
composites, plywood, panel products, design, fastenings,
wood moisture, drying, gluing, fire resistance, finishing,
decay, sandwich construction, preservation, and wood-
based products
On the cover: (Left to right, top to bottom)
1. Research at the Forest Products Laboratory,
Madison, Wisconsin, contributes to maximizing
benefits of the Nation’s timber resource.
2. Testing the behavior of wood in fire helps
enhance fire safety.
3. The all-wood, 162-m (530-ft ) clear-span a
Dome exemplifies the structural and esthetic
potential of wood construction (photo courtesy of
Western Wood Structures, Inc., Tualatin,
Oregon).
4. Bending tests monly used to determine
the engineering properties of wood.
5. Engineered wood trusses exemplify research
that has led to more efficient use of wood.
6. The Teal River stress-laminated deck bridge is
March 1999 located in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
7. Kiln drying of wood is an important procedure
Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook—Wood as an during lumber manufacturing.
engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL–GTR–113. Madison, WI: 8. Legging adhesive (photo courtesy of Air Products
. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown Pennsylvania).
Laboratory. 463 p. Adhesive bonding is a ponent in the
A limited number of free copies of this publication are available to the performance of many wood products.
public from the Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive,
Madison, WI 53705–2398. Laboratory publications are sent to hundreds
of libraries in