ASABE revises standard on mechanically laminated columns.
Press Release Summary:
ANSI/ASAE EP559.1, Design Requirements and Bending Properties for Mechanically Laminated Wood Assemblies, includes updates to reflect current practices used for wood preservation, fastener substrates and coatings, laminate strength and stiffness; both allowable stress design, and load and resistance factor design formats; and lateral torsional blocking. Revision also covers updates to terminology as well as symbol consistency with other ASABE standards.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Revises Standard on Mechanically Laminated Columns
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has revised its standard on mechanically laminated wood assemblies.
ANSI/ASAE EP559.1, Design Requirements and Bending Properties for Mechanically Laminated Wood Assemblies, includes updates to reflect current practices used for wood preservation, fastener substrates and coatings, laminate strength and stiffness; both allowable stress design, and load and resistance factor design formats; and lateral torsional buckling. The revision also covers updates to terminology as well as symbol consistency with other ASABE standards.
A copy of the document can be ordered by contacting ASABE headquarters directly at: martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at www.asabe.org , can view an electronic copy of the standard in about 6 weeks.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at asabe.org/standards/proposed.html .
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Its 9,000 members, from more then 100 countries, are consultants, managers, researchers, and others who have the training and experience to understand the interrelationships between technology and living systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300 (phone) or (269) 429-3852 (fax); hq@asabe.org. Details can also be found at www.asabe.org/.
