Use of these diagrams to determine the length and width of your beams given the particular spans are using in your design project.
DECKING
for spans between beams
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2020/05/CLT.pdf
SOLID TIMBER BEAMS
For spans less than or equal to 16′
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2019/05/Woob-Beams-SOLID.pdf
BUILD-UP TIMBER BEAMS
For spans less than or equal to 34′ and greater than 16′
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2019/05/Woob-Beams-BUILD-UP.pdf
GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS
For spans greater than 34′ with the maximum span of 100′
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2019/05/Woob-Beams-GLUE-LAMINATED.pdf
METRIC VERSION:
DECKING
for spans between beams
Divide the span by 30 to get the wood CLT depth
SOLID TIMBER BEAMS
For spans less than or equal to 3700mm
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2020/07/Woob-Beams-metric-SOLID-TIMBER.pdf
BUILD-UP TIMBER BEAMS
For spans less than or equal to 9100mm and greater than 3700mm
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2020/07/Woob-Beams-metric-BUILD-UP-TIMBER.pdf
GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS
For spans greater than 9.1m with the maximum span of 30m
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bt2-2023s/files/2020/07/Woob-Beams-metric-GLUE-LAMINATED.pdf
