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Dec 03, 2024
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AE 5250 - Wood Design3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course presents the behavior and design of wood structures. Topics include sawn beam and column design; engineered wood beam and column design; design of plywood floors, diaphragms, and shear walls; and connection design. (prereq: AE 3201 or equivalent)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be familiar with the material properties and manufacture of sawn and engineered wood products
- Understand the design of sawn and engineered wood members for flexure, shear, axial and combined axial and flexural loads
- Understand the selection of plywood for out-of-plane loading
- Understand the design or horizontal wood diaphragms and vertical wood shear walls
- Understand the design of bolted connections of wood members
- Understand the design of nailed connections of wood members
- Be familiar with other connections of wood members
Prerequisites by Topic
- Principles of structural engineering
Course Topics
- Introduction to Course
- Introduction to NDS Specification
- Material Properties and Manufacture of Sawn and Engineered Wood Products
- Sawn Beam Design
Coordinator
Mamoud Maamouri
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