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  • EN 1438:1998

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    Symbols for timber and wood-based products

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    Published date:  19-08-1998

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Letter types
    4 Principles
    5 Symbols in alphabetical order
      5.1 Latin upper case - Italic letters
      5.2 Latin lower case - Italic letters
      5.3 Greek upper case - Roman letters
      5.4 Greek lower case - Italic letters
      5.5 General subscripts and subscripts formed from
          abbreviations or other combinations of letters
      5.6 Examples of combined subscripts
    6 Examples of symbols with subscripts
    7 Special symbols

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    This standard defines a wide range of symbols for use in documents covering solid timber and all wood-based materials. Clause 5 follows the layout of ISO 3898. All the symbols are presented as letter types in alphabetical order.

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    Committee CEN/TC 175
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    DIN EN 14374 E : 2005 TIMBER STRUCTURES - STRUCTURAL LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER - REQUIREMENTS
    DIN EN 14374:2005-02 Timber structures - Structural laminated veneer lumber - Requirements
    EN 1072:1995 Plywood - Description of bending properties for structural plywood
    BS EN 14298:2017 Sawn timber. Assessment of drying quality
    PREN 14298 : DRAFT 2016 SAWN TIMBER - ASSESSMENT OF DRYING QUALITY
    98/104512 DC : DRAFT SEP 1998 PREN 13307 - TIMBER BLANKS AND RAW PROFILES FOR JOINERY
    I.S. EN 1072:1996 PLYWOOD - DESCRIPTION OF BENDING PROPERTIES FOR STRUCTURAL PLYWOOD
    I.S. EN 14298:2017 SAWN TIMBER - ASSESSMENT OF DRYING QUALITY
    EN 14298:2017 Sawn timber - Assessment of drying quality
    DIN EN 14374:2016-07 (Draft) Timber structures - Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) - Requirements; German and English version prEN 14374:2016
    BS EN 1072:1995 Plywood. Description of bending properties for structural plywood
    UNI EN 14374 : 2005 TIMBER STRUCTURES - STRUCTURAL LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER - REQUIREMENTS
    16/30337098 DC : 0 BS EN 14298 - SAWN TIMBER - ASSESSMENT OF DRYING QUALITY
    BS EN 14374:2004 Timber structures. Structural laminated veneer lumber. Requirements
    EN 14374:2004 Timber structures - Structural laminated veneer lumber - Requirements
    02/102197 DC : DRAFT MAR 2002 PREN 14374 - TIMBER STRUCTURES - STRUCTURAL LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER - REQUIREMENTS

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    ISO 3898:2013 Bases for design of structures — Names and symbols of physical quantities and generic quantities
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