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Wood Information Sheet 2/3-31 Adhesives for structural use
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Current
Abstract
The use of adhesives in structural joints (e.g. finger joints, glued dowel joints, and glued gusset joints) or to fabricate components such as i-joists and stressed skin panels, considering types of adhesive, their classification, selection and gluing factors.
Document History
July 2023 revision with minimal amendments. Supersedes the August 2019 edition. First published 1992, as 'Structural glued joints in timber'; revised 2003, (as 'Adhesively-bonded timber connections - adhesives and timber construction'), 2016, 2019 and 2023.
Publisher Information
BM TRADA
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