Timber Design provides all the information needed to solve timber problems on the civil PE and structural I exams. This edition reflects the 1998 revisions to the 1997 NDS for Wood Construction and Supplement. There is expanded coverage in the plywood and diaphragm sections along with eleven realistic practice problems and solutions.
Among the subjects covered
- Structural and Physical Properties
- Beam Design: Sawn Lumber of Wood
- Beam Design: Glulam Timber
- Mechanical Properties of Lumber
- Mechanical Connections
- Lumber Size Categories and Allowable
- Nails, Spikes, Bolts, Screws Design Stress