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  2. Cross-laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    It is classified as REI 90, indicating that it can retain the necessary load bearing capacity and meet integrity requirements for 90 minutes during a fire. [22] This leads to a better overall fire safety performance than unprotected steel, which loses its load bearing capacity after it is exposed to a fire for only 15 minutes. [23]

  3. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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    While plywood became widespread by the early 20th century, the invention of LVL was not until the 1980s after the invention of oriented strand board. [3] The American Wood Council's National Design Specification for Wood Construction is generally updated on a 3- to 5-year cycle. The 1991 release is the first release which mentions LVL.

  4. Bearing capacity - Wikipedia

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    The bearing capacity of soil is the maximum average contact pressure between the foundation and the soil which should not produce shear failure in the soil. Ultimate bearing capacity is the theoretical maximum pressure which can be supported without failure; allowable bearing capacity is the ultimate bearing capacity divided by a factor of ...

  5. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, Popular Mechanics magazine hired an independent agency to test the comparative strength of multiple samples of (A) a full-size 2x4, (B) 1-5/8x3-5/8, (C) 1-5/8 x 3-1/2, and (D) 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 (today’s standard). With A’s compressive strength benchmarked as “100%,” B-C-D were 90.7%, 82.2%, and 73.6% the strength of A’s full-size ...

  6. Engineered wood - Wikipedia

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    Large self-supporting wooden roof built for Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany. Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding or fixing the strands, particles, fibres, or veneers or boards of wood, together with adhesives, or other methods of fixation [1] to form ...

  7. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    The sizes of the most commonly used plywood sheets are 4 by 8 feet (1,220 mm × 2,440 mm) [20] which was first used by the Portland Manufacturing Company, who developed modern veneer core plywood for the 1905 Portland World Fair. A common metric size for a sheet of plywood is 1200 × 2400 mm. 5 × 5 feet (1,500 × 1,500 mm) is also a common ...

  8. Building material - Wikipedia

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    hardwood plywood & veneer 15,190 35.3 lime 1,920 4.5 mineral wool insulation 12,600 29.3 primary aluminum 80,170 186.5 softwood plywood & veneer 3,970 9.2 stone 1,430 3.3 virgin steel 10,390 24.2 wood lumber 2,700 6.3

  9. Oriented strand board - Wikipedia

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    When tested to failure, OSB has a greater load-bearing capacity than milled wood panels. [11] It has replaced plywood in many environments, especially the North American structural panel market. While OSB does not have a continuous grain like a natural wood, it does have greater strength on its long axis because more of the component grains are ...

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