Table 46. 



UNIT STRESSES FOR STRUCTURAL TIMBER EXPRESSED IN 

 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH. 



Recommended by the Committee on Wooden Bridges and Trestles, American Railway 

 Engineering Association, 1909. 



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These unit stresses are for a green condition of the timber and are to be used without increasing the live- 

 load stresses for impact. 

 • Partially air-dry. 

 t L= length in inches. D = least side in inches» 



Smithsonian Tables. 



