CEE 5710

Timber Behavior and Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This introductory course in timber behavior and design will discuss the materials of timber construction and their incorporation into building components and structural systems.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: graduate students and CEE seniors, or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CEE 3710 or by permission of the instructor.

• Understand timber as a material; its limitations, strengths, and applications.
• Apply engineering principles to understand the behavior and analysis of timber structures.
• Understand the limit states and their impact on performance of timber in service conditions.
• Describe the behavior of timber assemblies with respect to its environmental conditions including moisture, differential movement, fire, and varying durations of applied load.

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