Recommended design values for nail withdrawal from APA plywood and OSB

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Abstract
A total of 1600 tests of plywood and OSB specimens of three different thicknesses, using three different types of nails (plain, screw and ring-shank), and under three different test exposure conditions were conducted. APA's recommended design nail withdrawal values are based on results of these test.

Date
3/2002

Author(s)
APA - The Engineered Wood Association

Page(s)
1

Source
APA (American Plywood Assn.)

Keyword(s)
nail withdrawal; design value; APA; plywood; OSB

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