Design of Timber Structures

4 credits

Properties of wood and lumber grades. Beam design. Design of axially loaded members. Design of beam-column. Properties of plywood and structural-use panels. Design of horizontal diaphragms. Design of shear walls. Design of nailed and bolted connections. Students will not receive credit for both SE 154 and SE 154R. Prerequisites: grade of C– or better in both SE 103 and SE 130A. Enrollment restricted to SE27, SE28, SE29, SE30, SE31 majors only.