Objective - TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GRADING SYSTEMS OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY. - TO ESTABLISH STANDARISED PROCEDURES FOR 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 STANDARISED 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 INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA Address 56,carretera de la coruça km7.5 28014 Madrid Spain See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CTIB - BRUXELLES Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Centre Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement (CTBA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Paris See on map EOLAS - DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map LABORATOTIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL - LISBON Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Geschwister-scholl-platz 1 80539 Muenchen See on map MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE - ATHENS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR WOOD TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH - STOCKHOLM Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map TNO - DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK - LYNGBY Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Firenze See on map
