Structural Wood Design: Asd/LRFD

By Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil

Book Overview

This simple, practical, and concise guide to timber design uses both the Allowable Stress Design and the Load and Resistance Factor Design methods. It equips students to design real-world wood structures, taking a holistic project-based learning approach and using practical example problems. This new edition provides more on the student design project with examples of drawings and specifications used for construction; in-depth coverage of lateral force resisting systems for wood construction; design examples using LRFD for joists, girders and axially load member; framing and framing systems; long span wood members and members used in high-rise construction; and updated floor span charts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498749852
• ISBN13: 9781498749855
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"