BS 6100-4.1:1992

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Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. Forest products Characteristics and properties of timber and wood based panel products

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-07-2007

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-09-1992

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Committees responsible
Glossary
410 1 Base terms
410 2 Anatomical
410 3 Growth characteristics
410 4 Appearance
410 41 Grain
410 42 Texture
410 43 Figure
410 5 Knots
410 6 Conversion and machining
410 7 Drying and conditioning
410 8 Imperfections
410 81 General imperfections
410 82 Imperfections caused by fungi
410 83 Imperfections caused by wood-boring insects and
marine borers
410 84 Imperfections associated with drying
410 85 Imperfections associated with machining
410 9 Preservation
Figures
1. Edge, face and arris
2. Growth characteristics of softwood
3. Growth characteristics of ring-porous hardwood
4. Growth characteristics of diffuse-porous hardwood
5. Arris knot
6. Splay knot
7. Face and edge knots
8. Margin knots
9. Plain-sawn timber
10. Quarter sawn timber
11. Wane
12. Conversion of timber
13. Bow
14. Cup
15. Spring
16. Twist
Index
List of references

Deals with terms for characteristics and properties of timber and wood based panel products; the terms apply to building and civil engineering.

Committee	CB/101/-/2
DevelopmentNote	To be read in conjunction with BS 6100-0(2002) Supersedes BS 6100-4.1(1984) and 91/15111 DC (04/2005)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	34
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS 6100-8:2007
Supersedes	BS 6100-4-4.1:1984

BS 4261:1985	Glossary of terms relating to timber preservation
BS 476-6(1989) : 1989	FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 6: METHOD OF TEST FOR FIRE PROPAGATION FOR PRODUCTS
BS 6100-4.3:1984	Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. Forest products Wood based panel products