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CE 528 Structural Design in Wood |
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The course covers the complete design of wood buildings, except for the foundations. By the end of the course, students will be able to determine gravity and lateral design loads (from ASCE 7-05 and IBC 2006), design structural elements and subassemblages for vertical loads (tension members, compression members, and beams), and design structural elements and subassemblages for lateral loads (beam-columns, horizontal diaphragms, and shearwalls). |
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Prerequisite |
CE 325 Structural Analysis, or equivalent, and any other course in structural design such as reinforced concrete or structural steel. Undergraduate students taking this course must have a minimum major GPA of 2.50.
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| Course Requirements | The course will move at a relatively rapid pace, especially the portions dealing with the properties of wood and wood products such as glued laminated timber, plywood, and oriented strand board. Much of this information is descriptive, and it is expected that students will do the required reading in the text ahead of the brief class discussions on these topics. Class time will focus on the calculation of loads and solving a variety of design examples according to NDS specifications. We will concentrate on NDS ASD design provisions since wood design in practice is principally allowable stress design. We will cover the first 10 chapters in the textbook. The textbook is an excellent resource for self study on design of timber structures. Homework will be assigned from the text. Homework: About one per week (35% of course grade). Tests: Two open-book, open notes, 75-minute in-class tests (30% of course grade) Final exam: One 3-hour comprehensive final exam (35% of course grade) Project: No specific project is required; homework assignments are comprehensive, especially several of the later ones in the course. Software requirements: None required, although Microsoft excel will be helpful in some homework assignments.
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Textbook |
Both of the following are required: Design of Wood Structures—ASD, Donald E. Breyer, Kenneth J. Fridley, Kelly E. Cobeen, and David G. Pollock, 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN-10: 0-07-145539-6; ISBN-13: 978-0-07-145539-8. ASD/LRFD Wood Design Package, 2005 Edition, American Forest & Paper Association, American Wood Council (Distance students must order this required package from the American Wood Council Publication Order Department, P.O. Box 5364, Madison, WI 53705-5364, phone 800-890-7732. The publication number is T101-05. Or, on the web, http://www.forestprod.org/awc/index.html#t101-05 ) The student price is $40 plus shipping.
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| Computer and Internet Requirements | NCSU has recommended minimum specifications for computers used for classes. Depending on your computer needs, we recommend your computer meet or exceed the following minimum specifications below. PCs must have an Intel-compatible 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive with 1 GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min.) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system should be Windows XP Pro. Real One Player Basic (available free online) and high speed Internet connection such as cable, DSL, T1 or LAN will be required for EOL courses. MAC users must have a G4 processor with firewire and USB factory built-in, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB with 1GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system must be MacOS 10.4 (minimum) along with the above RealOne and Internet specifications above. For more detailed information on computer specifications and recommendations, please refer to our website at: http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/currentstudents/computeraccess.htm
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| Instructor | Dr. James M. Nau, Professor and Associate Head
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