Definition: Glulam

Category: Forestry

Structural timber product obtained by gluing together a number of wood laminations having their grain essentially parallel. Laminations of curved members are arranged so that the plane of each lamination is at 90 degrees to the plane of the applied load; thus, laminations of a straight glulam beam are laid flat.
Source:
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), European Commission (Eurostat), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (2010), Definitions
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