Instructor: Dr. Wenshen Pong, P.E.
Email: wspong@sfsu.edu
Office: SCI 121
Phone: 415-338-7738
Class Location & Schedule: TH: 210, 18:10 - 20:55 Wednesdays
Office Hours:
Mondays: 14:00-16:00 and Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 or by
appointment
· Donald Breyer, K.J. Fridley, K.E. Cobeen and D.G. Pollock. Design of Wood Structures. 6th ed. McGraw–Hill, 2007. ISBN-10: 0-07-145539-6.
· The Allowable Stress Design Manual, 2005 Edition. National Design Specification for Wood Construction. (Students may purchase this manual through the instructor with a discount offered by AWC.) http://www.awc.org/Standards/nds.html
Reference Books:
International Conference of Building Officials,
International Building Code (IBC) 2006
International Conference of Building Officials, Uniform
Building Code (UBC) 1997, Structural Engineering Design Provisions, Vol. 2, 1997
"Recommendations for Earthquake Resistance in the Design and Construction of Woodframe Buildings" by
Kelly Cobeen, James Russell and J. Daniel Dolan.
http://www.curee.org/publications/project-WF/info/w_30.html
Course Objectives ,
Requirements and Policies
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Assignments and
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Notes on
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Course
Objectives and Policies
Course Objectives:
1. To learn the fundamentals of wood structural properties and behaviors. [A.1, B.1]2. To become informed about the optimum design criteria and procedures. [B.3]
3. To understand the basic principles and design methods of wood structural members. [A.2, B.1, B.4]
4. To develop the ability to analyze and design simple wood building frames. [A.1, B.4]
5. To clarify code requirements and specifications and understand the background of code [B.4]
* numbers in brackets refer to objectives and outcomes of the School of Engineering.
Course Prequisites:
1. Structural Analysis.2. Differential Equations.
3. Experience in the use of structural analysis programs.
Grading Policy:
A
from 100 to 93
A-
from 92 to 90
B+
from 89 to 86
B
from 85 to 83
B-
from 82 to 80
C+
from 79 to 76
C
from 75 to 73
C-
from 72 to 70
D+
from 69 to 66
D
from 65 to 63
D-
from 62 to 60
F
below 60
Day Class Schedule Wednesdays 18:10 to 20:55
Tests
and Assignments
Date Name of Test % of grade TBA Homework 15 TBA Quizzes 15 10/22/08 First Midterm 25 11/19/08 Second Midterm 25 12/17/08 Final Exam 20 Homework Assignments: Sample EXAM
# 1 Solutions
HW#1: 2.1, 2.5,
2.11. 2.16 HW#2: 3.7, 3.11 HW#3: 4.8, 4.13,
4.16, 4.22 HW#4: 5.11 HW#5:
6.2, 6.20 HW#6:
7.6, 7.11 HW#7: 8.17, 8.21
(ASD only) HW#8: 9.6 HW#9: 10.6
Topics Book Sections 1 Introduction 1.1-1.11 2 Design Loads 2.1-2.16 3,4 Seismic Force 3.1-3.7 5 Properties of Wood 7,8 Beam Design 6.1-6.21 10 12 13 14,15
Weeks
4.1-4.26
6
Structural Timber
5.1-5.2
Columns
7.1-7.18
11
Plywood
8.1-8.7
Diaphragm
9.1-9.13
Shear Walls
10.1-10.15
Connections
11.1-13.12
16
Anchorage
14
All exams will be closed-book. There will be No Make-up Exams and no incomplete grades without a verified excuse.
No late homework will be accepted.
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