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Guidelines for assigning allowable properties to visually graded foreign species based on test data from full sized specimens
Author(s): David W. Green; Bradley E. Shelley
Date: 2006
Source: [Germantown, MD : American Lumber Standards Committee], 2006: 10 pages.
Publication Series: Miscellaneous Publication
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The objective of this document is to provide philosophy and guidelines for the assignment of allowable properties to visually graded dimension lumber produced from trees not grown in the United States. This document assumes, as a starting point, the procedures of ASTM D 1990.Publication Notes
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Green, David W.; Shelley, Bradley E. 2006. Guidelines for assigning allowable properties to visually graded foreign species based on test data from full sized specimens. [Germantown, MD : American Lumber Standards Committee], 2006: 10 pages.Keywords
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