Span Tables - a look back and forward
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Keerthi Ranasinghe, BM TRADA's Eurocodes expert, sets the scene for the fourth edition of TRADA's Eurocode 5 Span Tables, published in 2014.
Article from the TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2015
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Trussed rafters
Widely used for a range of building types, trussed rafters are an economical, versatile and straightforward solution to providing a roof to a building.
Trussed rafters are individually designed prefabricated structural components made from strength-graded timber members of the same thickness, joined together with punched metal plate connectors....
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Introduction to Eurocode 5
The Eurocodes are a series of standards that establish common rules across the European Economic Area (EEA) for structural design using main construction materials such as concrete, steel, masonry, timber, aluminium and glass. Together with their National Annexes (NAs), where the national choice on a limited number of Nationally Determined...
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GD 5 How to calculate deformations in timber structures using Eurocodes
Explains the principles of serviceability limit states set out in Eurocode 0 and shows how to apply them to structural timber members, assemblies and built-up components. Explains timber-specific rules given in Eurocode 5 relating to creep and joint slip. Recommends some deflection limits and provides simple worked examples.
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