Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Academic Catalog-June 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Academic Catalog-June
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CAE 5571 - Design of Wood and Timber Structures

3 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: CAE 3511 (quarter system prereq: AE 3211)
Note: This course is open to qualified undergraduate students.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Explain the material properties and manufacture of sawn and engineered wood products
  • Design sawn and engineered wood members for flexure, shear, bearing, axial, and combined axial and flexural loads
  • Design structural wood panels for out-of-plane loading
  • Design wood diaphragms and wood shear walls
  • Design bolted and nailed connections of wood members

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Material properties and manufacture of sawn and engineered wood products
  • Sawn and engineered wood member design
  • Connection design

Coordinator
Dr. Edward Sippel, P.E.



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