List and discuss about the five main types of defects in timber

Q: What are the main types of engineered wood products?

A: Engineering wood are made up of softwood and hardwood with bonded strands, veneers, lumber and other…

Q: Why do real lumber dimensions vary from nominal measurements? Explain.

A: The variances are due to the fact that lumber sizes are generally presented in nominal sizes. The…

Q: Discuss the different types/grades of timber available in the Australian market.

A: Solution:- Types and grades of timber in  the Australian market ,

Q: Discuss the different type/grades of timber available in the Australian market

A: Solution: The main types of the timber that are found in Australia are generally Radiata, Cypress…

Q: Seasoning is one of the methods used to preserve timber. Interpret the term preservation of timber…

A: Preservation of Timber : Preservation of timber is carried out to increase the life of the timber.…

Q: Based on your understanding of timber in construction, answer the followings: Why timber is…

A: Timber may be defined as the building/construction material used for various purposes due to its…

Q: What standard is followed in the production of softwood lumber?

A: The Standard that is followed in the production of softwood lumber is: As per the code the standard…

Q: Discuss the reasons why timber is considered as a construction material

A: Solution: Timber is considered as a construction material because it is natural  resource that is…

Q: wood materials are utilized to frame large wooden structures?

A: The tissue which is porous and fibrous structural tissue which is basically found in stems and roots…

Q: Calculate the second moment of area in "in4" for a 4"x12" piece of lumber about the X-x and y-y…

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Q: Heavy timber and mill construction may not seem as common as ordinary construction in today's…

A: Introduction Heavy timber seen in old building that are still around today. Many of the old…

Q: Construction lumber can be cut from the tree using one of two methods or acombination of them. Name…

A: There are two methods of cutting lumbers : Plain sawing Quarter sawing

Q: Collect a variety of samples of wood species used in construction and conduct various tests, such…

A: Solution: Timber is one of the most used wood species that us used in construction.

Q: What is the size factor for bending of 4x10 dimension lumber? CF=_______

A: Answer size factor CF = 1.2 Size factor can be found out from given table.

Q: Be aware of the types of many products manufactured from wood?

A: Solution: Types of products that are manufactured from wood are: 1. Bath towel 2. Tooth paste 3.…

Q: (NOS 2 – 13) PROBLEM 1. A timber beam shown in the figure is made up of Sasalit (50% stress grade),…

A: As per the policy, only 3 sub-parts of the question will be answered.The other sub-parts may be…

Q: b) Discuss the following physical properties in the design of timber in the application of civil…

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Q: Briefly describe structural timber service classes 1, 2 and 3.used in design with specific…

A: Timber is a commonly accessible renewable resource; for example, with correct management, there…

Q: Problem: In ASTM D198 where it determines the flexure properties of wood such as modulus of rupture,…

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Q: Problem 6.110 The wood used for the box beam has an allowable bending stress of 6.7 MPa. (Figure 1)…

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Q: Identify the different grades and different wood used in the philippines

A: Another idea of ​​the complexity of Filipino wood flowers is possible can be found in the statement…

Q: Identify and select manufactured wood structural components used for building construction ?

A: Answer The wood used for the building material. Wood has very good thermal properties. It will give…

Q: A simple lab test for specific gravity (SG), on two samples of timber indicate that sample A has…

A: * More the Specific Gravity less will be  the molecular distance in  timber and thus it closely…

Q: The cross-sectional dimensions of a 4-ft-long wood member at 30 percent moisture content is 1.5 x…

A: Given:The length l of the wood is 4 ft.The breadth b of the wood is 1.5 in.The depth d of the wood…

Q: defected timber cannot be used for construction. write short notes on defects in timber due to…

A: Defected timbers cannot be used for construction as they are not strong enough to take up the loads…

Q: What is the size factor for bending of 4x6 dimension lumber? CF=_______

A: 1.3

Q: State five different imperfections that may be found in lumber, and brieflydefine them.

A: The defects in lumber affect the appearance and mechanical properties of lumber. The common defect…

Q: Timber is a natural product and every natural product has some imperfection. Most of the defects in…

A: Timber is a widely used construction material, which is obtained from trees. The timber has to…

Q: Discuss defects of Timber in detail, also draw a neat and clean diagram for each defect.

A: Solution: There are mainly 5 types of defects in timber:1. Defects due to natural Forces2. Defects…

Q: A timber whose thickness is less 50 mm and breadth is greater than 150 mm is called: (a) balk (c)…

A: Given data- Timber thickness less than 50 mmbreadth of timber greater than 150 mmTo Find-The type of…

Q: Mention the different types of wood which are used in the construction industry.

A: A. Different types of used in construction industry are as follows Soft wood Pine wood Cedar wood…

Q: Identify at least three wood products (with images) used in the construction industry and discuss…

A: Types of wood employed in construction: (i) Teak wood-Teak could be a Hardwood and has wealthy oil…

Q: What are the main advantages of engineered wood products over natural-timber members?

A: Engineered wood, also known as mass timber, composite wood, man-made wood, or produced board, refers…

Q: Explain why timber is classified as an Anisotropic and Hygroscopic construction material

A: Classification of timber as an Anisotropic and Hygroscopic construction material :-

Q: (a) Discuss the visual strength grading of timber. In your solution you should refer to the…

A: Visual strength-grading : In order to assign lumber members to a defined strength class, visual…

Q: Why are the actual dimensions of lumber different from the nominal dimen-sions? Explain.

A: The woods are harvested from the forest in the form of logs and then these logs are cut into…

Q: Name five methods for seasoning wood.

A: five methods for seasoning wood Seasoning the airAir seasoning is the most conventional way for…

Q: 1- What is your opinion for using wood as materials building structures? 2- Are there variation for…

A: Note:- Hi! Thank you for the question, As per the honor code, we are allowed to answer three…

Q: Figure Q3 shows a building constructed using glue-laminated timber (Glulam). Based on your…

A: Thank you for question . As per honour code we will answer the first question since the exact one…