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USDA Forest Products Lab Documents

   
USDA Handbooks (.pdf)
  

Wood-Frame House Construction
Handbook No 73   (Published 1989, 268 pages, 4.5 MB  .zip)

Bending Solid Wood To Form
Handbook No 125   (Published 1957, 39 pages, 1.7 MB  .zip)

Wood Crate Design Manual
Handbook No 252   (Published 1964, 134 pages, 4.4 MB  .zip)

Adhesives In Building Construction
Handbook No 516   (Published 1978, 165 pages, 2.9 MB  .zip)

Calculations
 
Formulas For Columns With
Side Loads & Eccentricity   (Published 1950, 25 pages, 180 KB  .zip)

Theoretical Design of Nailed Or
Bolted Joints Under Lateral Load   (Published 1955, 32 pages, 350 KB  .zip)

Test & Evaluation
 
Detection Of Compression
Failures In Wood   (Published 1961, 13 pages, 1.2 MB  .zip)

Comparison Of Preservative
Treatments In Marine Exposure   (Published 1990, 30 pages, 240 KB  .zip)

Nondestructive Methods of Evaluation Quality
Of Wood In Preservative-Treated Piles   (Published 2000, 11 pages, 170 KB  .zip)

Properties & Uses
 

Compression Of Wood   (Published 1941, 10 pages, 180 KB  .zip)

Relation Of Strength Of Wood
To Duration Of Load   (Published 1951, 10 pages, 120 KB  .zip)

Abrasive Resistance Of Wood   (Published 1956, 29 pages, 870 KB  .zip)

Shrinking & Swelling Of Wood In Use   (Published 1957, 19 pages, 490 KB  .zip)

History Of Yard Lumber Size Standards   (Published 1964, 59 pages, 570 KB  .zip)

Wood Siding - Installing, Finishing, Maintaining   (Published 1983, 24 pages, 290 KB  .zip)


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