Low profile floor boundary bearer check under sustained load for Radiata Pine Research Institute in conjunction with Plywood Association of Australia

"This report gives results obtained from some short term static creep tests carried out on a Low Profile Floor (LPF) system. the floor was 2.4m wide and 4.8m long, being continuous over two bays. Timber framing members were F5 radiata pine and the sheathing 17mm thick F11 structural plywood. A special reinforced - L-edge bearer was included in the construction of the floor to accomodate long term dead loads from tiled roofs. A simulated roof load was applied to the edge bearer and also to a 200 x 75mm x F5 radiata pine bearer which, according to the Timber Framing Code would be necessary for the loading condition and 2.4mm span."--p. (i).