Baird, J. A. <br/><br/>
Timber designers manual / 
J.A. Baird. 
 - 2nd ed. /  J.A. Baird, E.C. Ozelton. 
 - London :  Granada,  1984. 
 - xxiv, 624 p. :  ill ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 612-618) and index. 
<br/><br/>The materials used in timber engineering -- Stress levels for solid timber -- Loading -- The design of beams. General notes -- Beams of solid timber plus timber and plywood decking -- Beams of simple composites -- Glulam beams -- Ply web beams -- Lateral stability of beams -- Stress skin panels -- Parallel-chord lattice beams -- Deflection, practical and special considerations -- Tension members -- The design of columns. General notes -- Columns of solid timber -- Columns of simple composites -- Glulam columns -- Mechanical joints -- Glue joints, including finger joints -- Trussed rafters -- Trusses -- Structural design for fire resistance -- Considerations of overall stability -- Preservation, durability. Moisture content -- Considerations for the structural use of hardwood -- Prototype testing -- Miscellaneous tables. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0246123753 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Timber.<br/>Structural design<br/>Building, Wooden.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.184