This manual will show you how to solve
timber engineering problems quickly, enabling you to become a more efficient
Engineer.
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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... |
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Sizing Charts are provided for your convenience! |
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