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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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Across the grain
Building materials; Lumber
The direction at right angles to the length of the fibres and other longitudinal elements of the wood.
Ribbon figure
Building materials; Lumber
A striped figure produced by cutting lumber that has an interlocked grain. Also called striped figure.
Fibre
Building materials; Lumber
Small diameter, thick walled cells in hardwoods. fibres dominate the structural behaviour of hardwoods.
Equilibrium moisture content
Building materials; Lumber
The moisture content at which lumber neither gains nor loses moisture from the surrounding atmosphere.
Epoxy dowel joint
Building materials; Lumber
A joint in which the parts are joined by dowels that have been set in oversized holes with epoxy resin.
Skillion roof
Building materials; Lumber
A monoslope (single pitched) roof without a ridge or peak, providing the main roof or part of a roof
Shear panel
Building materials; Lumber
A selection of wall designed to resist lateral forces acting in, or parallel to, the plane of the wall
