— Structural Design

Catalog description

Covers the concepts of structural design as it applies to wood and steel structures such as residential and light commercial structures. Topics that will be covered include: fundamental concepts of stress analysis, analysis of coplanar statically determinate and indeterminate trusses; bending deformation; analysis of statically indeterminate coplanar frames; load analysis and fundamentals of structural connections. The use of LRFD steel manual will also be explored to select structural beams. Offered: Fall Prerequisites: PHY 1120 , MTH 1370 .