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Timber Frame Tension Joinery - Timber Frame Engineering Council

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Nomenclature and Glossary<br />

Special terms used in this report are defined below. Definitions are based on those given in<br />

(Macmillan, 1996), (Hewett, 1980), and (Hoadley, 1980), plus those offered by this<br />

researcher.<br />

5% exclusion value the value at which 95% of the values in the series of tests will<br />

exceed<br />

allowable stress design<br />

a method of design that uses allowable stresses to determine<br />

allowable loads on members, etc. Note that the allowable<br />

stresses have built in factors of safety.<br />

balloon framing<br />

a method of wood construction that uses dimensional lumber<br />

spaced at regular intervals to create walls, floors, etc.<br />

confidence level<br />

an indicator of the reliability of the results in a small sample<br />

and how closely they would match the entire population<br />

correlation<br />

data acquisition system<br />

having a mutual relationship<br />

an electronic system that retrieves data about the item or<br />

material being tested and records the information for later<br />

analysis<br />

double shear<br />

dowel bearing strength<br />

a condition in which two shear planes exist on a single object<br />

the strength of a material being loaded by a circular prismatic<br />

object that is oriented perpendicular to its long axis<br />

edge distance<br />

the distance measured perpendicular to the grain, from the<br />

center of the dowel to the edge of the member being loaded<br />

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