2001 ASD Supplements - unprotected PDF - American Wood Council

ASD STRUCTURAL GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER SUPPLEMENTPrefaceThis Supplement contains adjustment factors, dimensions,design capacities, allowable stresses and moduli ofelasticity and other properties required to design structuralglued laminated timber in the ASD format.The member capacity values tabulated in this supplementare to be used in conjunction with the designmethodologies provided in ANSI/AF&PA NDS-2001,National Design Specification ® (NDS ® ) for Wood Construction.The tabulated allowable values are to be used withinthe reference end-use conditions defined therein. Whenthe end-use conditions fall outside the range of the referenceconditions, the allowable values shall be adjusted bythe product of applicable adjustment factors provided inthis Supplement, and also as defined in ANSI/AF&PANDS-2001. For unusual end-use conditions, the designershould consult additional literature for possible further adjustments.This Supplement was developed by Engineered WoodSystems, a related corporation of APA - The EngineeredWood Association, phone (253) 565-6600, fax (253) 565-7265, e-mail help@apawood.org, or internet address http://www.apawood.org.APA – The Engineered Wood Association