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Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material

Robert Ross
- Vol. 190
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In this article, the authors present properties of wood and wood-based products of particular concern to the architect and engineer, and discuss the design of wood-and woodbased products.
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Summarizes information on wood as an engineering material. Presents properties of wood and wood-based products of particular concern to the architect and engineer. Includes discussion of designing with wood and wood-based products along with some pertinent uses.

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Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites

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