Objective - TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GRADING SYSTEMS OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY. - TO ESTABLISH STANDARDISED PROCEDURES OF SAMPLING, TESTING, COLLATING, ANALYSIS ON EUROPEAN TIMBERS IN ORDER 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 STANDARISED 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 THAT ONE GRADING SYSTEM WOULD FIND FAVOUR WITH ALL OF THEM. THE AIM SHOULD 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 Università degli Studi di Firenze EU contribution No data Address Via San Bonaventura 13 50145 Firenze Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CTIB - BRUXELLES Belgium EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Centre Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement (CTBA) France EU contribution No data Address Paris See on map Total cost No data EOLAS - DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data INIA - MADRID Spain EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data LABORATOTIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL - LISBON Portugal EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germany EU contribution No data Address Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 80539 MUENCHEN See on map Total cost No data MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE - ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR WOOD TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH - STOCKHOLM Sweden EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data TNO - DELFT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK - LYNGBY Denmark EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data
