File : pdf, 12.6 MB, 226 pages TOC 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE 1.2 SCOPE 1.3 INTENDED AUDIENCE 2. WOOD AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 2.1 VISIBLE CHARACTERISTICS 2.1.1 Softwoods And Hardwoods 2.1.1.1 Commercial Species Groups 2.1.1.2 Other Groupings 2.1.2 Growth Increments 2.1.2.1 Texture 2.1.2.2 Earlywood and Latewood 2.1.2.3 “Pores” 2.1.3 Grain (Planes Or Surfaces) 2.1.4 Sapwood [...]















