ORDER YOUR HARD COPY OF THE NEWLY UPDATED WOOD HANDBOOK

The Wood Handbook is one of the most widely used documents in the wood literature. The 2010 edition is the first update of the 21st century and includes several new chapters. The original handbook was first published in 1935 by the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL).

The Forest Products Society (FPS) is pleased to cooperate with the FPL to present this newly updated edition in hard copy. This 2010 edition is your one-stop source for information on wood as an engineering material and offers content such as:
• Properties of wood and wood-based products
• Design information for architects and engineers
• Wood and non-wood composites
• Wood-moisture relationships and wood durability

...plus NEW CONTENT on:
• Wood as an environmentally responsible, sustainable building material
• Heat-treating and sterilization procedures for wood infected by invasive insect species
• A special COLOR chapter on low-magnification micrographs of cross sections of commercial wood species

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INDEX OF CONTENTS  

Chapter 1: Wood as a Sustainable Building Material
Chapter 2: Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods
Chapter 3: Structure and Function of Wood
Chapter 4: Moisture Relations and Physical Properties of Wood
Chapter 5: Mechanical Properties of Wood
Chapter 6: Commercial Lumber, Round Timbers, and Ties
Chapter 7: Stress Grades and Design Properties for Lumber, Round Timber, and Ties
Chapter 8: Fastenings
Chapter 9: Structural Analysis Equations
Chapter 10 Adhesives with Wood Materials Bond Formation and Performance
Chapter 11: Wood-Based Composite Materials Panel Products, Glued-Laminated Timber, Structural Composite Lumber, and Wood–Nonwood Composite Materials
Chapter 12: Mechanical Properties of Wood-Based Composite Materials
Chapter 13: Drying and Control of Moisture Content and Dimensional Changes
Chapter 14: Biodeterioration of Wood
Chapter 15: Wood Preservation
Chapter 16: Finishing of Wood
Chapter 17: Use of Wood in Buildings and Bridges
Chapter 18: Fire Safety of Wood Construction
Chapter 19: Specialty Treatments
Chapter 20: Heat Sterilization of Wood