Instructor: Professor Dorothy Reed, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: reed@uw.edu
Office: 263 Wilcox Hall
Tentative Office Hours: 1:30-3:30 MW
Telephone: (206)543-0351

The NDS code document from 2005 [green and white document] is recommended but not required for this course. If you decide to purchase a copy of the code, please note the following:

1) Used copies should be available from second-hand sources. Do not purchase the orange and white document from 2001. It is outdated.

2) To order a new copy of the 2005 code, please go the website www.awc.org. From the website: "Student hard copies of all publications can be ordered by students at info@forestprod.org, 800-890-7732, or 608-232-9354. If you would like to mail in your order, print out a copy of the Order Form (in pdf), complete it, and send it in with a check. Electronic (PDF) versions of AWC publications are also available at a discount for students. Students receive at least a 50% discount off the list price of publications."

Notes and Handouts
Course Outline Winter 2012

General Notes

Beams-1

Lateral torsional buckling movie

The following handouts (available for free from www.awc.org) are required for use in lectures, homeworks and quizzes. The first document is part of the NDS 2005 code so if you bought it you will not need to download.
2005 NDS Supplement from AWC
AWC beam diagrams

These are not required until the latter part of the quarter:

Panels and Shearwalls:
2005ASD-LRFDManualWEB: We will use Chapters M9 and M14.
X505: Panel Handbook
Q225: Vertical Load Span Tables
F405: Performance-Rated Panels
D510: Panel Design Specs
Edge Clips Info
Wind-Seismic Supplement

Hangers

Homework

Assignment #1: Problems 4.8, 4.16, 4.18 of the text; Due on Wed. Jan. 11. Solution.

Assignment #2: Problems 5.12, 5.14, 6.10-6.12: (j) [LRFD] only: check for moment, shear and deflection. Due on Wed. Jan. 18. SNOW CHANGE: Due on Monday, Jan. 23rd.Solution.

Assignment #3: New addition: Problem 6.36 to Problems 6.18-6.20, 6.27: LRFD only. Due Wed. Jan. 25.SNOW CHANGE: Due on Monday, Jan. 30th.Solution.

Assignment #4: Problems 6.23 LRFD, 6.31, 6.34 and 6.38(c) only. Due on Monday Feb. 6th.Solution.

Quiz 1: Feb. 8th (Wednesday). Open Book and Code. Copies of notes or homework solutions are not allowed. You must have the 2005 NDS supplement for the quiz or you will fail. You cannot share a copy of the supplement during the quiz. Please note that quizzes will not be handed out until there is silence in the classroom. Talking in the classroom during and after the quiz is considered cheating and will not be tolerated.

Assignment #5: Problems 7.3(b), 7.8 (c) and 7.15. Due on Feb. 15th (Wednesday).