The American Wood Council has made a couple handy calculators available for free online. The span calculator will tell you what size and species will satisfy a given load and span conditions or you can have it determine the the maximum span a given size, species, and load condition can achieve. Their most recent calculator is a connection load calculator that can specify the allowable capacity for bolts, screws, nails, and lags. This calculator is based on the latest data available in the 2005 edition of the NDS, which is adopted in the 2006 IBC.Again, these are handy tools which I encourage you to explore and use. If you have questions about the factors that the provided help cannot answer, contact your favorite design professional for assistance!
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