ISO 19993:2020

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 19993
Second edition
2020-04
Timber structures — Glued laminated
timber — Face and edge joint
cleavage test
Structures en bois — Bois lamellé-collé — Essai de fendage des joints
face à face et longitudinaux
Reference number
ISO 19993:2020(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Apparatus . 2
6 Preparation of test pieces . 2
7 Procedure. 3
7.1 General . 3
7.2 Conditioning for wet cleavage . 4
7.3 Cleaving and assessment . 4
8 Test report . 4
Annex A (informative) Advisory acceptance criteria after both ambient and wet conditioning .5
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 165, Timber structures.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19993:2007), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows.
— The acceptance criteria have been amended so that they are now contained in Annex A in keeping
with the fact that this document deals only with a testing method.
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Introduction
This document was developed by TC 165 as a factory quality assurance test to be used for structural
glulam and applied to the face and edge joints of each production batch. Advisory acceptance criteria
are included in Annex A so that ISO 19993 is an independent document. The test is intended for use
in establishing the effectiveness of inter-laminar face and edge bond in structural glued laminated
timber of each production batch. It is not intended for use in initial type testing or to establish the
effectiveness inter-laminar bond brought about by major changes of a production process such as
change of adhesive, cramping pressures, adhesive curing or similar where cyclic delamination or block
shear is preferred. There is nothing in principle that would prevent the test method from being applied
to non-structural glulam
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