This specification covers procedures for computing the reference resistance of wood-based materials and structural connections for use in load and resistance factor design (LRFD). Parameters required for the derivation of reference resistance are presented. These parameters include the distribution percentile, coefficient of variation, data confidence factor, and reliability normalization factor. The shape and scale parameters of the two-parameter Weibull distribution shall be established to define the distribution of the material resistance. The data confidence factor accounts for uncertainty associated with data sets. This factor, which is a function of coefficient of variation, sample size, and reference percentile, is applied as a multiplier on the distribution estimate. The reliability normalization factor is used to adjust the distribution estimate to achieve a target reliability index. The reliability normalization factor is the ratio of the computed resistance factor to the specified resistance factor, adjusted by a scaling factor.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers procedures for computing the reference resistance of wood-based materials and structural connections for use in load and resistance factor design (LRFD). The reference resistance derived from this specification applies to the design of structures addressed by the load combinations in ASCE 7-10.

1.2 A commentary to this specification is provided in Appendix X1.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D9 Terminology Relating to Wood and Wood-Based Products

D143 Test Methods for Small Clear Specimens of Timber

D198 Test Methods of Static Tests of Lumber in Structural Sizes

D1037 Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

D1761 Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Wood

D1990 Practice for Establishing Allowable Properties for Visually-Graded Dimension Lumber from In-Grade Tests of Full-Size Specimens

D2718 Test Methods for Structural Panels in Planar Shear (Rolling Shear)

D2719 Test Methods for Structural Panels in Shear Through-the-Thickness

D2915 Practice for Sampling and Data-Analysis for Structural Wood and Wood-Based Products

D3043 Test Methods for Structural Panels in Flexure

D3500 Test Methods for Structural Panels in Tension

D3501 Test Methods for Wood-Based Structural Panels in Compression

D3737 Practice for Establishing Allowable Properties for Structural Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam)

D4761 Test Methods for Mechanical Properties of Lumber and Wood-Base Structural Material

D5055 Specification for Establishing and Monitoring Structural Capacities of Prefabricated Wood I-Joists

D5456 Specification for Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products

E105 Practice for Probability Sampling of Materials

ASCE Standard

Keywords

load and resistance factor design (LRFD); reference resistance; wood-based;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 35.240.70 (IT applications in science)

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