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Guest Speakers
- Wednesday, October 30 - attendance counts as quiz grade!
Employment Opportunities Available in Wood Construction and Engineering
Photo Gallery of Engineered Wood Structures
Homework
Assignments
Assignment
for Homework No. 1 - Snow Loads (pdf)
Key for Homework
No. 1 - Snow Loads (pdf)
Assignment
for Homework No. 2 - Wind Loads (pdf)
Key
for Homework No. 2 - Wind Loads (pdf)
Assignment
for Lab No. 1 - Sawn Lumber Testing (pdf)
Key for
Lab No. 1 - Sawn Lumber Testing - Excel spreadsheet
Assignment
for Homework No. 3 - Tension and Compression Members (pdf)
Reading
Assignments
NDS:
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 7, 8, 9, 12
Class Notes and Handouts
Week 1
Class
Notes - Introduction to Loads, Snow Loads
Class
Notes - Snow Loads I - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Snow Loads II - Powerpoint notes
Handout 1.a.
Classification of Buildings (includes Table 1-1)
Handout 1.b.
Minimum Floor, Live Loads
Handout 1.c.
Snow Loads
Example Problem
- Snow Load Calculations
Exposure Classifications
Week 2
Class Notes
- Intro to Wind Loads - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Determining Wind Loads Part I - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Determining Wind Loads Part 2 - Powerpoint notes
Article
on Lessons from Hurricane Andrew
Handout 2.a.
Wind and Seismic Loads
Week 3
Example Problem
- Wind Load Calculations
Class
Notes - Intro to Seismic Loads - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Calculating Seismic Loads - Powerpoint notes
Example
Problem - Seismic Base Shear Calculations
Week 4
Class
Notes - Wood as an Engineering Material - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Preserving Structural Wood Products - Powerpoint notes
Week 5
Class Notes
- Structural Wood Products - Sawn Lumber - Powerpoint notes
Class Notes - Structural
Wood Products - Glued-Laminated Timber - Powerpoint notes
Lab 1 - Testing Sawn
Lumber Products - Results
Week 6
Class
Notes - Structural Panel Products - Powerpoint notes
Class Notes
- Additional Reading Structural Panel Products - Concrete Forming Panels
- Powerpoint notes
Additional
Reading on Concrete Forming Panels (article from Structural Engineer, August
2001) (note: this is a large pdf file)
Week 7
Class
Notes - Engineered Wood Products - Powerpoint notes
Week 8
Class Notes
- Overview of ASD Manual - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Design Values and Adjustment Factors
Read NDS Chapters 1 through 3 and Commentary
Parts I through III
Week 9
Class
Notes - Tension Member Design - Powerpoint notes
Class
Notes - Compression Member Design - Powerpoint notes
Read NDS Chapters 1 through 3 and Commentary
Parts I through III
Week 10
Class
Notes - Bending Member Design - Powerpoint notes
Read NDS Chapters 1 through 3 and Commentary
Parts I through III
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Wood Design
Software
WoodWorks
Design Office 2002 for student use
Other Links
for Structural Design
National
Information Service for Earthquake Engineering - great information
for structural performance in earthquakes
Engineering
Analysis of The World Trade Center Failures
Interesting
Reading - Steel Fire Performance
