ICS 79.040; 79.060.99; 91.080.20

Timber structures

Structural timber and glued laminated timberDetermination of some physical and mechanical properties

English version of DIN EN 408

Holzbauwerke – Bauholz für tragende Zwecke und Brettschichtholz – Bestimmung einiger physikalischerund mechanischer Eigenschaften

European Standard EN 408 : 2003 has the status of a DIN Standard.

A comma is used as the decimal marker.

National forewordThis standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 124 ‘Structural timber’ (Secretariat: Denmark).The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Bauwesen (Buildingand Civil Engineering Standards Committee).

AmendmentsThis standard differs from the April 1996 edition in that the test methods previously given in DIN EN 1193have been included and the determination of a global modulus of elasticity in bending has been specified.

Previous editionsDIN EN 408: 1996-04; DIN EN 1193: 1998-06.

DEUTSCHE NORM August 2004

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Continued overleaf.Document comprises 30 pages.

Supersedes April 1996 editionand DIN EN 1193, June 1998edition.

English version

ICS 91.080.20; 79.040; 79.060.99 Supersedes EN 408 : 1995 andEN 1193 : 1997.

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Timber structures

Structural timber and glued laminated timberDetermination of some physical and mechanical properties

© 2003. CEN – All rights of exploitation in any form and by any meansreserved worldwide for CEN national members.

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Structures en bois – Bois de struc-ture et bois lamellé collé – Détermina-tion de certaines propriétés physi-ques et mécaniques

Holzbauwerke – Bauholz für tragendeZwecke und Brettschichtholz – Be-stimmung einiger physikalischer undmechanischer Eigenschaften

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2003-06-20.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulationswhich stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of anational standard without any alteration.Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand-ards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CENmember.The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of aCEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre hasthe same status as the official versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the CzechRepublic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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