Plywood bearing capacity? 625? 405? more?

[seattlemike]

What is the perpendicular-to-face bearing capacity of plywood? I know doug-fir is 625 psi, and hem-fir is 405 psi, but what is plywood (or OSB for that matter)?

please no guessing, only respond if you know. thnks.

 

[PEinc]

Check out

http://www.apawood.org

for a publication called Plywood Design Specification, January 1997. It has the information you want. I downloaded it as a pdf file from the internet for free. It is about 32 pages long.

 

[PEinc]

Go to the following APA link and scroll down to Plywood Design Specification in the list of available publications.

http://www.apawood.org/level_c.cfm?content=pub_searchresults&pK=plywood&pT=Yes&pD=Yes&pF=Yes