Provides requirements for testing rectangular sections of sawn solid timber of commercial structural size to provide data for the determination of characteristic values for structural design. It specifies the test methods only.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Symbols and abbreviated terms
1.5.1 General notation
1.5.2 Subscripts
2 Test methods
2.1 General
2.2 Standard test conditions
2.3 Density
2.4 Bending strength and apparent modulus of elasticity
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Apparent modulus of elasticity in bending
2.4.3 Bending strength
2.5 Tension strength parallel to grain
2.6 Compression strength parallel to grain
2.7 Beam shear strength
2.8 Bearing strength perpendicular to grain
2.9 Bearing strength parallel to grain
2.10 Modulus of rigidity in torsion
2.11 Test report
Appendix A
A1 General
A2 Tension strength perpendicular to grain
A3 Compression strength and modulus of elasticity perpendicular to grain
