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Where
can I find information on flitch beams or composite wood members?
- Structure
Magazine article titled "Flitch Plate Beams - Design Guide" by
Jim DeStefano, P.E., which includes coverage
of the design of connections for composite beams:
http://www.structuremag.org/Archives/2007-6/D-From%20Exp%20Flitch%20Plates%20DeStefano-pac-5-10-07.pdf
McGraw
Hill's Wood Engineering and Construction Handbook, 3rd Edition by
Faherty and Williamson, contains a design example problem in section 10.3
on Wood-Metal composites. This is available on ICC's website at http://www.iccsafe.com/
Kluwer Academic Publishers' Structural Design in Wood by Stalnaker
and Harris, contains several design example problems in Section 13-4 on Wood
Beams Reinforced with Metal. ISBN 0-412-10631-0
A publication is available on request as an archival copy through the NAHB
Research Center titled, Flitch Plate and Steel I-Beams - Beam Series 5.
ISBN 0-86718-141-9. It contains tabulated information on flitch beams up
to 20ft spans.
http://www.nahbrc.org/
(301) 249-4000.
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