Structural Wood Design: Asd/LRFD

ISBN-13: 9780367875626 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 630 str.

Abi Aghayere; Jason Vigil

Opis

This simple, practical, and concise guide to timber design uses both the Allowable Stress Design and the Load and Resistance Factor Design methods. It equips students to design real-world wood structures, taking a holistic project-based learning approach and using practical example problems. This new edition provides more on the student design p

Spis treści

Introduction, Wood Properties, Species and Grades. Introduction to Structural Design and Loads. Design of Sawn Lumber and Glued Laminated Timber (GLULAM). Design and Analysis of Beams and Girders. Wood Members under Axial and Bending Loads. Roof and Floor Sheathing under Vertical Loads and Lateral Loads (Horizontal Diaphragms). Vertical Diaphragms under Lateral Loads (Shear Walls). Connections. Design of Wood Members in Long Span and High Rise Wood Buildings. Practical Considerations in the Design of Wood Structures. Building Design Case Studies. Appendices: Weights of Building Materials; and Allowable Uniform Loads on Floor Joists

O autorze

Abi Aghayere is a professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia with over 20 years of practical design experience in various structural materials and extensive teaching experience.Jason Vigil is a consulting engineer in Rochester, NY with more than 15 years of practical experience as a structural engineer for many projects of varying complexity and construction types. He also has been an adjunct instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.