AS 1720.

1/Amdt 2/2011-08-18

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Amendment No. 2
to
AS 1720.1—2010
Timber structures
Part 1: Design methods

CORRECTION
The 2010 edition of AS 1720.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate
places.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clause 8.4.7 and Table 7.2(B).
Published on 18 August 2011.

AMDT Table 7.2(B)

No. 2
AUG Delete Table 7.2(B), and replace with the following:
2011
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TABLE 7.2(B)
MATERIAL CONSTANT, ρ c, FOR COLUMNS
Ratio temporary design action effect/total design action effect (r)*
Stress
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0
grade
Material constant ( ρ) for columns†
GL18 1.08 1.08 1.03 1.00 0.98
GL17 0.99 0.99 0.95 0.92 0.90
GL13 0.99 0.99 0.94 0.91 0.89
GL12 0.98 0.98 0.93 0.91 0.89
GL10 0.96 0.96 0.91 0.88 0.86
GL8 0.95 0.95 0.90 0.87 0.85

* See Paragraph E2, Appendix E.

† These values are derived from Equation E2(3), Appendix E, using values of E
and f c′ given in Table 7.1.

AMDT Clause 8.4.7

No. 2
AUG Delete Equation 8(2), and replace with the following:
2011 −0.408
⎛E⎞
ρb = 11.39 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ r −0.074 . . . 8(2)
⎝ f c′ ⎠

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