working stress design

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working stress design

A method of design in which structures or members are proportioned for prescribed working loads at stresses which are well below their ultimate values; linear distribution of flexural stresses is assumed.
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Code of Practice For The Structural Use Of Timber Part 3: Permissible stress design of glued laminated timber.
COMPARING THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL SIZE AND SMALL CLEAR SPECIMENS FOR MALAYSIAN TROPICAL TIMBER
This edition is based on and updated to reflect the changes in British Standard BS 5268-2: 2002, "Code of Practice for permissible stress design, materials and workmanship," which brought design concepts closer to European practice and Eurocode 5, "Design of Timber Structures.
Timber designers' manual, 3d ed. (reprint, 2002)
There are three draft ISO bamboo standards in respect of examining physical properties, and for limit state and permissible stress design.
Coded for design
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