CEE 5710

Timber Behavior and Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

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

Prerequisites background equivalent to: CEE 3710.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: graduate students and Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) seniors; others by permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

• 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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