AS 2878-1986
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Timber - Classification into strength groups
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30-06-2017
English
01-01-1986
Important note : Users cannot be edited or removed once added to your Multi user PDF.Presents the current procedures for the classification of timber species into strength groups. It also lists the majority of structural timbers used in Australia and their seasoned and unseasoned strength groups. The Standard does not deal with the role these strength groups play in the determination of stress grades and basic working stresses.
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TM-003
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| ISBN |
0 7262 4221 7
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| Pages |
13
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| PublisherName |
Standards Australia
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
This standard establishes a procedure for the classification of timber species into strength groups based either on the values obtained from testing small clear specimens or on the species mean density at 12 percent moisture content. It specifies the unseasoned and seasoned strength groups of most of the timber species used in Australia.
Under Revision See DR 97407
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