Engineered Wood

Structure Design

FOEN-6230

The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of wood construction and advanced-level knowledge of engineering procedures used in designing timber structures.

This course is intended to provide knowledge of structural loads and deflection criteria; sawn lumber and engineered wood component characteristics; analysis and design of wood beams, columns, tension members, and beam-columns; analysis and design of wood mechanical connections, analysis and design of metal-plate connected wood trusses, shear walls and diaphragms, timber bridges, and post-frame construction.

Click here to see the new bridge that was constructed at the Forest Ecology Preserve. Students from Fall 2000 worked on the design of this bridge.

Fall 2002 REVISED Lecture / Lab Schedule

(Last revised, 10-21-02)

Aug. 20 Introduction
Aug. 21 Intro to Load and Deflection Criteria, Snow Loads
Aug. 22 Snow loads

Aug. 27 Wind loads
Aug. 28 Wind loads
Aug. 29 Wind loads

Sept. 03 Seismic loads
Sept. 04 Deflection Criteria; Lumber Testing Lab
Sept. 05 Engineering Characteristics of Wood

Sept. 10 Engineering Characteristics of Wood
Sept. 11 Field trip to observe Solar Decathlon house
Sept. 12 Engineering Characteristics of Wood

Sept. 17 Structural Lumber Properties, Grades & Sizes
Sept. 18 Class cancelled for solar decathlon
Sept. 19 Class cancelled for solar decathlon

Sept. 24 Class cancelled for solar decathlon
Sept. 25 Structural Lumber Properties
Sept. 26 Structural Composite Lumber

Oct. 01 Panel Products
Oct. 02 Preservative Treatment
Oct. 03 Overview of the Allowable Stress Design Manual

Oct. 08 Class Cancelled for solar decathlon
Oct. 09 Class Cancelled for solar decathlon
Oct. 10 Design Values for Structural Members, Design of Wood Tension Members

Oct. 15 Adjustment factors for component design
Oct. 16 Design of Wood Tension Members
Oct. 17 Design of Wood Compression Members

Oct. 22 Design of Wood Compression Members
Oct. 23 Mid-Term Exam
Oct. 24 Designing of Wood Bending Members

Oct. 29 Design of Wood Bending Members
Oct. 30 Guest Speakers from Trus Joist will discuss structural composite lumber
Oct. 31 Design of Wood Bending Members

Nov. 05 Design of Members under Combined Stresses
Nov. 06 Design of Members under Combined Stresses, Design for Bearing
Nov. 07 Introduction to Wood Mechanical Connector Design, Dowel type Connections

Nov. 12 Bolted Connections
Nov. 13 Afternoon field trip - lumber manufacturing plant
Nov. 14 Bolted Connections

Nov. 19 Lag Screw Connections
Nov. 20 All Day Field Trip - structural composite lumber manufacturing
Nov. 21 Nailed Connections

Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec. 03 Post-Frame Construction
Dec. 04 AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: You will like it!
Dec. 05 Review for Final Exam

Dec. 11 FINAL EXAM 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Dec. 16 COMMENCEMENT

Resources for Fall 2002 Students Only

Recent Field Trips and Labs
2002 - AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: Samford Towers

2001 - Lumber manufacturing plant
2001 - Testing Lumber Properties
2001 - ALL DAY FIELD TRIP: Manufacture of Glued-laminated timbers, LVL, I-Joists
2001 - AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: Timber Bridge Design
2001 - AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: Samford Towers

2000 - Testing Lumber Properties
2000 - ALL DAY FIELD TRIP: Manufacture of Glued-laminated timbers, LVL, I-Joists
2000 - AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: Timber Bridge Design
2000 - AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP: Samford Towers

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