BendingCompression
Species of
Timber
Stress in
extreme
fibre
Lbs. sq.in.
Horizontal
shear
stress
Lbs. sq.in.
Parallel to
grain "Short
Columns"
Lbs. sq.in.
Perpen-
dicular
to grain
Lbs. sq.in.
*Fir, Douglas
Dense grade1,6001001,200350
Sound grade1,30085900300
Hemlock, eastern1,00070700300
Hemlock, western1,30075900300
Oak1,400125900400
Pine, eastern white90080700250
Pine, Norway1,10085800300
*Pine, southern yellow
Dense grade1,6001251,209350
Sound grade1,30085900300
Spruce90070600200
Tamarack1,20095900350

* NOTE: The safe working stresses given in this table are for timbers with defects limited according to the sections on defects in the rules of the Southern Pine Association for Select Structural Material. "Dense" southern yellow pine and "dense" Douglas fir should also conform to the other requirements of this rule. "Sound" southern yellow pine and "sound" Douglas fir require no additional qualifications, whereas the other species should, in addition to being graded for defects, have all pieces of exceptionally low density for the species excluded.

This table gives working unit stresses for structural timbers used in dry locations, and is compiled in the main from material furnished by the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.

TABLE OF BRICK WALL CONTENTS IN NUMBER OF BRICKS

Seven Bricks to Each Sq. Ft. of Wall Surface

No. of
sq ft.
of wall
Thickness
4"8"12"16"20"24"
171523303845
2153045607590
323456890113135
4306090120150180
53875113150188225
64590135180225270
753105158210263315
860120180240300360
968135203270338405
1075150225300375450
20150300450600750900
302254506759001,1251,350
403006009001,2001,5001,800
503757501,1251,5001,8752,250
604509001,3501,8002,2502,700
705251,0501,5752,1002,6253,150
806001,2001,8002,4003,0003,600
906751,3502,0252,7003,3754,050
1007501,5002,2503,0003,7504,500

Example—Determine the number of bricks in a wall 12" × 18' × 60'.
Solution—The wall contains a surface area of 1,080 sq. ft. By
the table 100 sq. ft. contains 2,250 bricks, then 1,000 sq. ft. will
contain 22,500 bricks. 80 sq. ft. will contain, by the table, 1,800
bricks, making a total of 24,300 bricks.

APPENDIX IV

(Short Cuts to Roof Framing)

Griffith's Framing Tables For the Square and Octagonal Roof