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Plywood: biological durability – guidance for the assessment of plywood for use in different use classes
This covers specific engineering values for design ie determining the characteristic five percentile values for mechanical properties and 50 percentile values for physical properties from test data
For a boil test, (BS) EN 1087-1 provides a test method for evaluating OSB bond quality
This standard specifies how to determine duration of load and creep factors. Use to determine mechanical durability or take the appropriate modification factors from (BS) EN 1995-1-1
Specifies two aspects for floor decking: how to determine the strength and stiffness under a point load and separately impact resistance. See also (BS) EN 12871
This now withdrawn standard was used to determine formaldehyde content for OSB
(BS) EN 12114 determination of and how to express the air permeability coefficient
Provides information on the characteristic values for the use of plywood in structural design