Structural Wood Products
Structural Wood Products
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Hi All,
I have a bit of experience with wood design, have done walls, joists, spec'd trusses etc... I am getting into some design of LVL/Glulam type beams, and am having a hard time finding any useful information (on the internet) on what, in general, these products are, how they are made, and how they differ.
Could anyone point me to a useful website or reference literature?
Thanks
I have a bit of experience with wood design, have done walls, joists, spec'd trusses etc... I am getting into some design of LVL/Glulam type beams, and am having a hard time finding any useful information (on the internet) on what, in general, these products are, how they are made, and how they differ.
Could anyone point me to a useful website or reference literature?
Thanks






RE: Structural Wood Products
RE: Structural Wood Products
The APA (www.apawood.com) has all sorts of information about the design of various wood products.
A great text book is "Sixth edition, Design of Wood Structures ASD/LRFD" by Donald E. Breyer, et al.
RE: Structural Wood Products
You can also use their program from bc.com or Ilevel.com.
Never, but never question engineer's judgement
RE: Structural Wood Products
RE: Structural Wood Products
For specific manufacturers, like others indicate, iLevel is the site to visit. I had no idea Weyerhaeuser introduced this new "brand" grouping all their construction products.
For historical/older information, Google "Trus Joist International" or "Trus Joist MacMillan". They used to send out engineering binders. I'm not sure if Weyerhaeuser/iLevel sends hardcopies...
RE: Structural Wood Products
old CA SE