CEE 5710

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CEE 5710
Timber Behavior and Design

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

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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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7656 CEE 5710   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Reiter, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students and Civil Engineering seniors; others by permission of instructor.