An indispensable standard work for everyone involved in building with wood. This work uses plans, schematic drawings, and pictures to show the current and forwa

Timber construction is one of the most prevalent methods of constructing buildings in North America and an increasingly significant method of construction in Eu

This book contains the contributions from the RILEM International Symposium on Materials and Joints in Timber Structures that was held in Stuttgart, Germany fro

All the information, formulas, procedures, and examples that you need to design virtually any type of wood structure of structural wood component - that's what

By presenting the work of the RILEM Technical Committee 245-RTE, the book provides an overview of the existing techniques for the reinforcement of timber elemen