Reliability-Based Design Of Engineered Wood Structures
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Throughout the world, wood products and engineered wood structures have a tremendous economic significance, but the wood industry has historically received less attention and a lower degree of financial support for new development than other construction materials. At the same time, reliability-based design procedures (RBD) for engineered structures are being developed and are rapidly gaining acceptance by code agencies throughout the world. In this state of the art review of Reliability-Based Design of Engineered Wood Structures the reader will find a complete vade mecum for reliable wood-based construction, including the fundamentals of reliability-based design, its development for structural timber, and work towards a global harmonization of timber engineering codes and standards. For all those engineers, builders and formulator of building standards and codes of practice whose work involves structural timber, Reliability-Based Design of Engineered Wood Structures offers up to date support and information. Booknews Practitioners dealing with reliability-based design procedures for engineered structures being developed independently in Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Australia, discuss the harmonization of their efforts into global standards, focusing on the relatively neglected field of wood products, which, at least in North America, are used more for construction than all other materials combined. In eight papers and four working-group reports from a June 1991 workshop in Florence, Italy, they exchange information on projects, note the limitations of current methodologies, and suggest directions for movement toward international codes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgementIntroduction1Status of Reliability-Based Design in North America: Impact for Engineered Wood Construction3Fundamentals of Reliability Assessments21Reliability Assessment of Multi-Member Structures47Material Characteristics and Reliability-Based Design75The Development of LSD Codes for Structural Timber91Safety Format of Eurocode 5125Lifetime of Wood as Related to Strength Distribution129Probabilistic Based Safety Factors in The Netherlands139Working Group ReportsGroup A: Fundamentals of Reliability Assessment147Group B: Reliability Assessment of Multi-Member Structures159Group C: Material Resistance Considerations169Group D: Global Harmonization of Timber Engineering Codes and Standards177Summary and Conclusion185App.: Programme, Timetable and Organization189App.: List of Attendees193App.: Working Group Assignments195Index197
