APA Engineered Wood Handbook

APA Engineered Wood Handbook is the only comprehensive reference available on glue-engineered wood composites. It utilizes the International Building Code 2000 throughout and includes specifications, codes, design issues, application methods, charts, tables and details never before found in a single reference.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to Wood as an Engineering Material 
• Wood Structural Panels
•  Wood Structural Panels in Structural Components 
• Structural Glued Laminated Timber
• Prefabricated Wood I-Joists and Engineered Rim Board 
• Structural Composite Lumber Designing for Lateral Loads 
• Mechanical Fasteners and Connections 
• Treatments and Finishes for Wood 
• Fire- and Noise-Rated Systems 
• Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)-Wood Hybrid Designing and Detailing for Permanence 
• Appendix 
• Index