Design of Wood Structures - ASD

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Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-31
Publisher(s): MCG
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Summary

Designed to introduce engineers, technologists, & architects to the design of wood structures. May be used as a text for a course in timber design or as a reference for systematic self-study of the subject. DLC: Building, Wooden.

Table of Contents

Wood Buildings and Design Criteria.

Design Loads.

Behavior of Structures Under Loads and Forces.

Properties of Wood and Lumber Grades.

Structural Glued-Laminated Lumber.

Beam Design.

Axial Forces and Combined Bending and Axial Forces.

Plywood and Other Structural-Use Panels.

Horizontal Diaphragms.

Shearwalls.

Wood Connections.

Nailed and Stapled Connections.

Bolts, Lag Bolts, and Other Connectors.

Connection Hardware.

Diaphram-to-Shearwall Anchorage.

Advanced Topics in Lateral Force Design.

Appendices:

A: Equivalent Uniform Weights of Wood Framing.

B: Weights of Building Materials.

C: Selected Tables from the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition.

D: SI Metric Units.

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