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Courses - Spring 2025
ENCE
Engineering, Civil Department Site
Open Seats as of
12/21/2024 at 10:30 PM
ENCE688W
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Design of Mass Timber Structures
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud, S-F
This course will expose students to the design of mass timber structures covering the following topics: Analysis and design of lumber and mass timber (CLT and Glulam) structural members and structural systems including tension members, beams (flexural members), columns, beam-columns, floor diaphragms, shear walls, connections, and fire design. This course focuses on medium-rise wood buildings constructed ofmass timber structural members such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam members. Project based learning approach will be used. The current version of the National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction is used.