Green oak - back in the frame
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Fasteners for structural timber: nails, staples, screws, dowels and bolts
Timber designers usually consider connection design to be the most difficult area in timber engineering. The traditional mechanical fasteners for structural timber are divided into two groups depending on how they transfer the forces between the connected members - 'dowel-type fasteners' and 'metal connectors'.
This Wood Information Sheet...
13/06/2016 | Wood Information Sheet
Timber engineering hardware and connectors
This 2016 edition contains revisions to the CE marking section, on account of new terminology und the Construction Products Regulation, 2011, as well as several minor corrections.
The term 'timber engineering hardware' encompasses a diverse range of metal components, made of steel plate, sheet or strip, which are used to...
27/02/2017 | Wood Information Sheet
Glulam - connecting with future developments
Glued laminated timber (glulam) beams and columns have been used for decades as an engineered timber product that allows designers to span further, carrying heavier loads while retaining all of the benefits of using wood in structures.
Article from Timber 2016 Industry Yearbook
01/01/2016 | Magazine Article