Glulam Roof Span Table

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Glulam roof span table.

Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties. That means glulam beams can span long distances with minimal need for intermediate supports. Tables 3 through 8 provide the allowable loads for nominal 4x and 6x stock douglas fir glulam simple span beams at three load durations. These easy to use tables were compiled by the southern forest products association sfpa as a service to design build professionals and other southern pine users.

It also means that designers and builders have virtually unlimited design flexibility when using glulam whether the application is home construction a commercial warehouse roof or a highway bridge. Aitc beam capacity tables. This technical guide describes apa ews. View size selection tables.

Tables 4 and 10 provide similar infor mation for floor members. Simplified span tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber glulam headers beams and girders. Floor beams roof beams under snow loads and roof beams under construction loads. The tables can be used to size such members.

Allowable loads for simple span glulam beams tables 2 3 8 and 9 provide allowable loads for glulam beams used as simple span roof members in snow load areas dol factor 1 15 and for non snow loads dol factor 1 25. Different load capacities are possible for different stress level combinations of glulam.