Live support chatDesign Fundamentals of Heavy Timber and Sawn Wood Construction (Video On Demand)
Credit: 3 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Mary McElroy, P.E.
In Design Fundamentals of Heavy Timber and Sawn Wood Construction (Video On Demand), you'll learn ...
- Why wood is an important building material and how it compares to steel
- The National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS)
- The design of mechanical connections used in heavy timber or sawn wood
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
This course is a recording of a live webinar. The 2018 National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS) has been adopted by all model building codes in the United States. It is currently in compliance with the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) and is used for the design of wood structures worldwide.
Design Fundamentals of Heavy Timber and Sawn Wood Construction will explain the use of the NDS and will explain the various components of the guidelines.
In this course, we will apply NDS guidelines to specific examples and sample problems of wood construction in order to determine the adjustment factors for specified design values as they relate to conditions of use (temperature, load duration, moisture), member geometry, and member stability.
The instructor, a licensed professional engineer and building inspector, provides the kind of insight that comes from many years working with the NDS guidelines with the ultimate goal of providing civil or structural engineers with general design knowledge of the wood elements typically employed in residential and mixed-use construction.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How wood structural elements differ from steel or concrete under standard loading conditions
- Advantages of using wood structural elements as opposed to steel or reinforced concrete
- Types of wood typically used in construction and the member properties of those wood types (e.g., allowable stress, modulus of elasticity, orientation of the grain, direction of loading)
- How to interpret and understand grade markings and the grading process
- Design of bending members subject to flexural loads (i.e. solid, simple wood beam) using allowable stress design (ASD) and load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methods
- Design of compression members subject to axial loads (i.e. solid, simple wood column) using allowable stress design (ASD) and load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methods
- Design of beam or column subjected to combined flexural and axial loading (end loads, side loads, and eccentric loads)
- Design of nail or spike connections, screw connections, lag bolt connections, and through bolt connections utilizing steel side or gusset plates
Video on Demand
This course is a recorded version of a live lecture and will be streamed directly to your computer's media player. Our format is generally compatible with media players included with all computers and mobile devices. After watching the video presentation, you will return to your account to take the online quiz. While this is a recording of a live presentation, please note that this recording will not qualify as a "live" or "interactive" continuing education activity in those jurisdictions where it is required.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Credit: 3 PDH
