Objective - TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GRADING SYSTEMS OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY. - TO ESTABLISH STANDARDISED PROCEDURES FOR SAMPLING, TESTING, COLLATING, ANALYSIS ON EUROPEAN TIMBERS TO OBTAIN CHARACTERISTIC VALUES. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TIMBER DESIGN CODE EC 5, WHICH WILL HAVE AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON A STANDARDISED METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH VALUE FOR STRESS GRADED TIMBER. DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR OWN GRADING SYSTEM WHICH SUIT THEIR SPECIES, MARKET CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURAL DEMANDS, AND IT IS UNLIKELY THET ONE GRADING SYSTEM WOULD FIND FAVOUR WITH ALL OF THEM. THE AIMSHOULD THEREFORE BE TO ASSIGN THE VARIOUS GRADING SYSTEMS TO THE STRENGTH CLASSES, AND FOR THIS A STANDARDISED METHOD FOR DERIVING CHARACTERISTIC VALUES IS ESSENTIAL. THE RESEARCH WORK IS DIVIDED IN: - COMPARISON ABOUT NATIONAL AND EEC GRADING RULES BY TESTING 500 SAMPLES OF BOTH " STITKA SPRUCE " AND " NORWAY SPRUCE ". - COLLECT DETAILED INFORMATION ON NATIONAL RULES FOR DERIVATION OF CHARACTERISTIC VALUES AND ESTABLISH STANDARD PROCEDURES. Programme(s) FP1-RAWMAT 3C - Research programme (EEC) on materials (raw materials and advanced materials), 1986-1989 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE TECHNIQUE DE L'INDUSTRIE DU BOIS Address 830,allee hof ter vleest 1070 Bruxelles Belgium See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement (CTBA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 10 avenue de saint-mandé 75012 Paris See on map EOLAS Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dublin See on map I.N.I.A Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 28080 Madrid See on map LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lisboa See on map Links Website Opens in new window LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Geschwister-scholl-platz 1 80539 Muenchen See on map MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Athens See on map SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR WOOD TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stockolm See on map TNO Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Delft See on map Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza san marco 4 Firenze See on map UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lyngby See on map
