Red maple lumber resources for glued-laminated timber beams

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Janowiak, John J ^a   Manbeck, Harvey B ^a   Hernandez, Roland ^b   Moody, Russell C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

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