Print Email Facebook Twitter The importance of characterisation and sampling of tropical wood species with regard to strength and durability classification Title The importance of characterisation and sampling of tropical wood species with regard to strength and durability classification Author Ravenshorst, G.J.P. Gard, W.F. Van de Kuilen, J.W.G. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Strength class assignments and durability class assignments of wood species to be used in structures are necessary to make it possible for the engineer to design safe and durable timber structures. As a result of sustainable managed forests, more tropical wood species with relative small batch size, are coming on the market. In Europe, strength class and durability class assignments are allocated to wood species, identified by their botanical name. In practice this gives problems because the trade names may not represent the botanical wood species and the representativeness of the underlying tests is unclear. The objective of this paper is to start a discussion on the classification and sampling of structural timber for strength and durability. It is proposed to make classifications based on measurable characteristics of the timber, independent from tree species. Subject Tropical wood speciesstrength classificationdurability classification To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ddeec4c9-c0e8-40d8-8030-5828b9931afd Publisher Heron ISSN 0046-7316 Source HERON, 58 (2013), 2/3 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2013 Sandhaas, C.Van de Kuilen, J.W.G. Files PDF Heron-Ravenshorst-Gard-vdKuilen.pdf 969.46 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ddeec4c9-c0e8-40d8-8030-5828b9931afd/datastream/OBJ/view