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This manual will show you how to solve timber engineering problems quickly, enabling you to become a more efficient Engineer.
 
Solve Virtually All Common Timber Problems
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Structural Behavior
Base Shears, K-Factor, LL Reduction, Lateral Load Distribution, Wind,Seismic...
Solve Problems
at the undergraduate, PE and SE test levels...
Design of Beams
Simple,Cant., Bi-axial, Tapered, Curved, Panelized, Pitched, Haunched, Notched, Circular, Glulam, Hankinsons, Sloped...
Acquire Field Experience
and knowledge through practical rules of thumb...
Combined Bending 
and Axial Loading
Combined Stress, Columns, Side Bracket, Round, Spaced...
Cross-referenced to the NDS, AITC,
and the 94 UBC...
Horiz. Diaph. Design
Drag Strut, Diaph. Analysis, Zone Nailing, Deflection, With Holes, Rotation, Stepped...
Covers
the sweeping changes in Timber Engineering for the 1991 NDS and the 94 UBC...
Shearwall Design
Shearwall Design, Deflection, 2-story config., On Beam, With a hole, Wood Moment Frame...
Provides Progressively Organized Problems
from easy to most difficult...
Conns. with Nails
Yield Limit Equations, Metal Side Plates, etc...
PE and SE Exam Level Problems
are clearly marked and modeled on past exams...
Conns. with Bolts and Lags
Single Shear, Double Shear, Multi-leaf, Moment Splice...
Specialty Topics
are covered including wood moment frames, curved glulam beams, diaphragms with openings, etc...
Horiz. Diaphragm 
Shearwall Conns.
Subdiaphragms, Continuity...
Actual Design Office Calc Formats
are used throughout this Manual...
Advanced Topics
Built-up T-Beam, Sandwich Beam, Composite, Compatibility of Deformation, Fire Damaged Beam Repair, Box Beam, King Post Truss, Complementary Strain Energy, Shear Flow, Sistered Beams, Torsional Stresses...
Prompts the Reader
with the critical formula before each calculation...
Preliminary Sizing Charts are provided for your convenience!
The Timber Solutions Manual

ISBN# 0-9656181-0-2
 

- This book is a definitive companion to the AITC, NDS, UBC and The Design of Wood Structures. 
- Whether you are a student, studying for your PE or SE exam, or a licensed practicing engineer, you will refer to this manual again and again to enhance your expertise and engineering knowledge.
- The Timber Solutions Manual is a practical design guide for the solutions of the basic principles and advanced practice of timber engineering. 
- Its primary purpose is to provide practical solutions to the problems found in course homework, undergraduate test preparation, actual engineering practice, and both PE Exam and SE Exam preparation.

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Glulam beam design with cantilever beam/simple beam configuration.
Horizontal diaphragms with holes.
King post desing with point load utilizing complementary strain energy.
Shear transfer through roof diaphragm overhang 1st-floor shearwall configuration.
Shearwall desing of 3 walls in building.
Top plate design utilizing nailed connection for both chord and drag forces.
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