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WorksheetsCarpentry: ELP - from the book
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Engineered lumber is produced today because of
The decreasing supply of old-growth trees
a need for stronger, more stable building material
a need to make efficient use of natural resources
all of the above
Unlike plywood, the veneers of LVL are:
deciduous
densified
diversified
double-faced
Laminated veneer lumber is often used for:
high-strength load-carrying beams
posts and columns
low-strength rim joists
floor joists
Parallel strand lumber is made from:
Alaskan cedar and California redwood
Douglas fir and southern pine
Idaho pine and eastern hemlock
Englemann spruce and western pine
Parallel strand lumber is often used for:
high-strength load-carrying beams
posts and columns
low-strength rim joists
floor joists
Laminated strand lumber is often used for:
high-strength load-carrying beams
window and door headers
low-strength rim joists
floor joists
The web of wood I-beams may be made of:
hardboard
particleboard
solid lumber
oriented strand board
The flanges of wood I-beams are often made from:
glue-laminated lumber
laminated veneer lumber
parallel strand lumber
laminated strand lumber
The lams used in glue-laminated lumber are at approximately:
the fiber-saturation point
19% moisture content
equilibrium moisture content
30% moisture content
In glulam beams, specially selected tension lams are placed:
at the top of the beam
at the bottom of the beam
in the center of the beam
throughout the beam
