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Pergamon Series of Monographs on Furniture and Timber, Volume 8: Timber: Its Mechanical Properties and Factors Affecting its Structural Use focuses on the mechanical and technical properties of timber, including how a tree grows and develops. This book discusses the growth of the tree, structure of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silvester, Frederick D. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1967.
Series:Pergamon series of monographs on furniture and timber.
Subjects:
Timber.
Wood > Mechanical properties.
Building, Wooden.
Wood.
Wood
Bois.
Bois d'œuvre.
Bois > Propriétés mécaniques.
Construction en bois.
wood (plant material)
timber logs.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General.
Building, Wooden
Timber
Wood > Mechanical properties
Holz
Mechanische Eigenschaft
Struktur
bosbouw
forestry
hout
wood
houteigenschappen
wood properties
houtsterkte
wood strength
Wood and Wood Products
Hout en houtproducten
Electronic books.
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Summary:Pergamon Series of Monographs on Furniture and Timber, Volume 8: Timber: Its Mechanical Properties and Factors Affecting its Structural Use focuses on the mechanical and technical properties of timber, including how a tree grows and develops. This book discusses the growth of the tree, structure of wood, fundamental properties, factors affecting strength, structural grading, and seasoning. The strength properties, assessing strength properties, and testing for strength are also covered. The strength of wood varies almost with every species and factors affecting this in relation to working stre.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483151144
148315114X