The increasing emphasis on green construction and sustainable building practices has been a significant driver for the glue-laminated timber market. The material’s resistance to warping, cracking, and ...

When the span becomes long or when the loads become large, the use of sawn lumber may become impractical. In these circumstances (and possibly for architectural reasons) structural glued laminated ...

Beam with shear stiffness Now let's consider reconsider our laminated beam where shear stresses are produced as the laminae slide with respect to each other under loading. For example, these stresses ...