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Timberstrand LSL
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PSL means:
Parallel
Strand
Lumber
Parallam® is a registered
trademark brand name of iLevel.
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Typical Widths:
2-1/2" to 10-3/4"
Laminations:
1-3/8" for Southern Pine Glued Laminated Timber
1-1/2" for Douglas Fir
Glulam – One of the Original Glued 1933 – First Glulam in the U.S.A.
Engineered Wood Composites Madison, WI
Introduced in the
U.S. in 1933 Over 115 years
of use worldwide
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Unmatched Versatility of
Shapes and Spans Glulam Lay-Ups
302-24 T.L. No. 2D
No. 1 Tension No. 2 Compression
Zone Zone
No. 2 No. 2
No. 2 No. 2
No. 1 Tension No. 1 Tension
302-24 T.L. Zone 302-24 T.L. Zone
Balanced Unbalanced
Column
Limited to nominal
Truss member No. 2M 6 inch width or less
No. 2D
No. 1D
2.3E
Simple span beam Cantilever span beam
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Small Gym
Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) 12-1/4” x 70” x 78 ft.
Fiberglass 10-3/4” x 57” x 78 ft.
Thin Layer
Carbon
of FRP Kevlar
Other
Natatorium
12-1/4” x 81” x 91 ft.
10-3/4” x 64-1/2” x 91 ft.
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Preservative forced
into wood cells under
pressure
Untreated glulam in
pressure cylinder ready
for treatment
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Beam
Type Beam
MOE
(psi) Comparisons-Floor
Fb
(psi) (ft) (in) (in) Beam C Horiz.
Span Width Depth Total Actual Pass
Load Cap. Shear
(plf) (plf) (psi)
Floor Beam 20-0-0
LSL 1.55 2325 20 3.5 14 300 312 310
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