CEE 5710

Timber Behavior and Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 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/Corequisites Prerequisite: CEE 3710 or by permission of the instructor.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: graduate students and CEE seniors, or permission of instructor.

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.

When Offered Spring.

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