Based on standard commercially available lumber within the USA.
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Deflection and stress, moment of inertia, section modulus and technical information of beams and columns.
Calculate angles with a straight board across carpenter's square.
Typical cross sections and their Area Moment of Inertia.
Common sizing of glue-laminated timber.
Species of hardwood vs. softwood.
Sizing of hardwood lumber.
Douglas Fir in horizontal roof rafters and maximum spans.
Weights of green, kiln dried and pressure treated lumber boards.
Grading of lumber in North America
No. 1 and No. 2 Grade of Douglas fir and maximum span floor joists - imperial units
Calculate miter saw protractor angles for skirting and decorative mouldings work.
Allowable withdrawal load for nail and spikes.
Strength classes, bending stress and mean density of hardwood and softwood
Commercial softwood lumber dimension chart - nominal and actual sizes.
Rough lumber, surfaced lumber (dressed), worked lumber, shop and factory lumber and yard lumber.
Nominal and minimum-dressed lumber sizes.
Stress is force per unit area - strain is the deformation of a solid due to stress.
Basic size, area, moments of inertia and section modulus for timber - metric units.
Properties of structural lumber.
Properties of structural lumber.
Support reactions and bending moments.
Trees species and relative water demand.
Common types of trusses.
Height of trees commonly used in towns and urban areas.
Red Spruce, Longleaf Pine and Douglas Fir - moisture content and their compressive strength.
Bending and compression strength of wood species used in beams.
Soft and hardwood - the Janka Hardness scale.
Densities of various wood species - apple, ash, cedar, elm and more.
Density, fibre stress, compressive strength and modulus of elasticity of clear wood, panel and structural timber products.
Young's Modulus (or Tensile Modulus alt. Modulus of Elasticity) and Ultimate Tensile Strength and Yield Strength for materials like steel, glass, wood and many more.
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