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Structural & engineered timber > Structural design


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Bracing for non-domestic timber trussed rafter roofs

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1999
Format: PDF Document

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Provides information to extend BS 5268-3 guidance to non-domestic scale roofs. Includes an overview of alternative design methods for bracing with examples. Addresses installation and fixing issues. Applies to permissible stress and limit states design.
TRADA Technology Timber Engineering Guidance Document GD 8.


British Grown Hardwoods - The Designers' Handbook

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1996
Format: HTML Document

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Covers structural applications, landscape design, external and internal joinery and floors, with information on environmental aspects, characteristics and implications for design.


Cross-laminated timber: structural principles

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2011
Format: PDF Document

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Cross-laminated (CL) timber offers opportunities to use timber in situations where designers would normally use traditional materials such as steel, concrete and masonry. As with any new structural material, it is essential that designers understand how to achieve its potential while respecting its limitations.


Design of structural timber connections

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2003
Format: HTML Document

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Provides an introduction to the design rules for joints in Eurocode 5.


Engineered wood: Fact sheet no. 11

Publisher: wood. for good
Publication date: 2004
Format: PDF Document


Brief introductory sheet on engineered wood.


Eurocode 5: An introduction

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2006
Format: HTML Document

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This WI Sheet is a general introduction to Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules for buildings. It also outlines the major differences between it and the British code, BS 5268-2.


Glued laminated timber

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2012
Format: PDF Document


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Outlines the structural forms and applications possible in glulam; includes design and manufacturing considerations.


Glulam and laminated veneered timber: Fact sheet no. 4

Publisher: wood. for good
Publication date: 2004
Format: PDF Document


Brief introductory sheet on glulam and lminated veneered timber.


Grading: Strength and Appearance

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2002
Format: HTML Document


Strength grading allows efficient use to be made of structural timber. Both visual grading and machine grading are used and both are equally valid.


Hardwoods in construction

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1991
Format: HTML Document

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Provides technical information to help designers select suitable species from temperate and tropical sources. Covers the basis for structural design; stress grades, strength classes and introduces strength grouping. This opens the way for using lesser-known species.
Includes hardwood grading rules used in North America, West Africa and Malaysia. Also includes design examples, concentrating on jointing techniques.


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