Introduction

 

Metal Construction News, March 2013

 

 

Wood Structural Panels

plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), waferboard, composite panels, structural particleboard

 

 

Plywood

APA—The Engineered Wood Association

 

 

Loads

1. sheathing loads  (perpendicular to the panel's surface)
    
   • thickness
      
2. diaphragm loads  (parallel to the panel's surface)
    
   • nailing requirements
   • thickness, maybe

 

 

Design Aids

1. sheathing  (textbook chapter 8)
    
   • NDS chapter 9
   • ASD/LRFD Manual chapter M9
   • APA technical publications
      
2. diaphragms  (textbook chapters 9 & 10)