BS 5756:1980
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Specification for tropical hardwoods graded for structural use
Hardcopy , PDF
05-15-1997
English
09-30-1980
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Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Visually stress graded tropical hardwood
4. Measurement of characteristics
5. Requirements for the Hardwood Structural (HS) grade
6. Marking
Appendix
A. Determination of slope of grain
Figures
1. Knots
2. Fissures
3. Measurement of bow, spring, twist and cup
4. Wane
5. Swivel handled scribe for determination of slope
of grain
6. Use of scribe
7. Measurement of slope of grain
Specifies the permissible limits of characteristics of a single visual stress grade of timber which is designated \'Hardwood Structural\' (HS) grade.
| Committee |
B/518
|
| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
10
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
|
| SupersededBy |
| BS 2830:1994 | Specification for suspended access equipment (suspended chairs, traditional steeplejack\'s seats, work cages, cradles and platforms) for use in the building, engineering construction, steeplejack and cleaning industries |
| BS 6579-7:1989 | Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for components for untensioned corrugated beam safety fence |
| BS EN 518:1995 | Structural timber. Grading. Requirements for visual strength grading standards |
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