Structural Design in Wood

Structural Design in Wood
Author: Judith Stalnaker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461540828

The prime purpose of this book is to serve as a design is of considerable value in helping the classroom text for the engineering or architec student make the transition from the often sim ture student. It will, however, also be useful to plistic classroom exercises to problems of the designers who are already familiar with design real world. Problems for solution by the student in other materials (steel, concrete, masonry) but follow the same idea. The first problems in each need to strengthen, refresh, or update their capa subject are the usual textbook-type problems, bility to do structural design in wood. Design but in most chapters these are followed by prob principles for various structural materials are lems requiring the student to make structural similar, but there are significant differences. planning decisions as well. The student may be This book shows what they are. required, given a load source, to find the magni The book has features that the authors believe tude of the applied loads and decide upon a set it apart from other books on wood structural grade of wood. Given a floor plan, the student design. One of these is an abundance of solved may be required to determine a layout of struc examples. Another is its treatment of loads. This tural members. The authors have used most of book will show how actual member loads are the problems in their classes, so the problems computed. The authors have found that students, have been tested.

Wood Handbook

Wood Handbook
Author: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1974
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

"Summarizes information on wood as an engineering material. Properties of wood and wood-base products of particular concern to the architect and engineer are presented, along with discussions of designing with wood and some pertinent uses of wood."--Page ii.

Report ...

Report ...
Author: National Committee on Wood Utilization (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 722
Release: 1931
Genre: Lumber
ISBN:

Sessional Notices

Sessional Notices
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 768
Release: 1928
Genre: Engineering
ISBN:

Transactions

Transactions
Author: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 688
Release: 1928
Genre:
ISBN: