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Lumber
Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.
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Interlocked grain
Building materials; Lumber
Grain where the angle of the fibres periodically changes or reverses in successive layers.
Wind bracing
Building materials; Lumber
Bracing members required to resist the forces on a structure resulting from wind pressure.
Lap joint
Building materials; Lumber
A joint made by placing one member partly over another and bonding the overlapped portions.
Super heat
Building materials; Lumber
The heat in steam in excess of the amount of heat in saturated steam at a given pressure.
Layout
Building materials; Lumber
Within an air-drying yard, layout refers to the arrangement of lumber stacks in the yard.
Shear connector
Building materials; Lumber
Usually metal connectors fitted inside a lumber joint to transfer shear across a wide area of grain.
Knee brace
Building materials; Lumber
A diagonal corner brace fastened between a column and a beam or truss to provide lateral restraint.
