- Question 6 Splits And Checks Are Cracks That Are Found In Timber Members What Are The Causes Of These Different Types O 1 (7.5 KiB) Viewed 31 times
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QUESTION 7 Which of the following statements is false? a. Free water is lost first followed by bound water during the seasoning process. b. Fibre saturation point occurs when free water and a small percentage of bound water has been removed during the seasoning process. c. Equilibrium moisture content can occur in timber at moisture contents around 15% d. Growing trees have moisture content greater than 110%. QUESTION 8 Which of the following statement(s) describes Glulam? a. It is manufactured from thin laminates that are glued together with grain in the longitudinal direction. b. It is manufactured from thin laminates that are glued together with grain in laminates at right angle to each other. O c. It is manufactured by gluing pieces of dressed sawn timber to form architecturally specified curved members. d. Both (a) and (b) above QUESTION 9 Machine stress grading involves: O a. Initial sorting of timber using visual stress grading. O b. Visual checking after grading to ensure grade compliance. c. The application of load as a percentage of target strength to determine grade. d. Bending about the minor axis to determine the maximum modulus of elasticity for grading.
QUESTION 10 List 2 types of structural systems that can effectively utilize the size of Glulam members. For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac).