D EUTSCHE NORM August 2004

DIN EN 408 {
ICS 79.040; 79.060.99; 91.080.20 Supersedes April 1996 edition
and DIN EN 1193, June 1998
edition.

Timber structures
Structural timber and glued laminated timber
Determination of some physical and mechanical properties
English version of DIN EN 408

Holzbauwerke – Bauholz für tragende Zwecke und Brettschichtholz – Bestimmung einiger physikalischer
und mechanischer Eigenschaften

European Standard EN 408 : 2003 has the status of a DIN Standard.

A comma is used as the decimal marker.

National foreword
This standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 124 ‘Structural timber’ (Secretariat: Denmark).
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Bauwesen (Building
and Civil Engineering Standards Committee).

Amendments
This standard differs from the April 1996 edition in that the test methods previously given in DIN EN 1193
have been included and the determination of a global modulus of elasticity in bending has been specified.

Previous editions
DIN EN 408: 1996-04; DIN EN 1193: 1998-06.

Continued overleaf.
Document comprises 30 pages.

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 EN 408

August 2003

ICS 91.080.20; 79.040; 79.060.99 Supersedes EN 408 : 1995 and

EN 1193 : 1997.

English version

Timber structures
Structural timber and glued laminated timber
Determination of some physical and mechanical properties

Structures en bois – Bois de struc- Holzbauwerke – Bauholz für tragende

ture et bois lamellé collé – Détermina- Zwecke und Brettschichtholz – Be-
tion de certaines propriétés physi- stimmung einiger physikalischer und
ques et mécaniques mechanischer Eigenschaften

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2003-06-20.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand-
ards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
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the same status as the official versions.
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Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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