What is Moisture Content.?
Moisture Content is the amount of water contained in a material such as wood, timber, soil, rock etc.
Why calculating Moisture Content of Timber.? Moisture Content influence the physical properties of a timber such as weight, density, conductivity and other.
Moisture content in Timber used to classify Timber Stresses during design whether is Dry or Wet Stress
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this post,
I will share with
you “HOW TO CALCULATE MOISTURE CONTENT OF
TIMBER”.
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A sample of timber was tested in a laboratory to determine its moisture content. It was found that:
Mass of wet timber = 2.350 kg
Mass of dry timber = 2.0 kg
Find the moisture content of timber?
Moisture Content of Timber = (Mass of Wet Timber -Mass of Dry Timber)/(Mass of Dry Timber) x 100%
Moisture Content of Timber = (2.350 - 2.0)/(2.0) x 100%=17.5%
Moisture Content of Timber is 17.5%
Moisture Content 17.5% < 18%
Therefore Timber Stress Condition is Dry Stress
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