Glued Laminated Timber Columns and Beam-Columns
In Glued Laminated Timber Columns and Beam-Columns, you'll learn ...
- The effect of column slenderness on its capacity and failure mode
- The maximum permitted slenderness ratio for timber columns
- Calculate the critical buckling design value for a glulam column
- Calculate the column stability factor for a glulam column
Overview
Structural glued laminated timber (glulam) is a material that combines the warmth and beauty of wood with modern engineering to create structures for the most demanding applications. From short-span headers and beams in residential construction, to graceful exposed arches and curved beams in churches, to long span beams and trusses for commercial spaces, glulam has the answer.
This three-hour course builds on the knowledge obtained from previous courses Glued Laminated Timber Fundamentals and Glued Laminated Timber Design Values, Adjustment Factors, and Beam Design and will provide the student with the tools necessary to evaluate structural glued laminated timber columns and beam-columns. In addition, the analysis of glulam tension members and members subject to combined bending and tension loads will be addressed.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The effect of column slenderness on its capacity and failure mode
- The maximum permitted slenderness ratio for timber columns
- Calculate the critical buckling design value for a glulam column
- Calculate the column stability factor for a glulam column
- Calculate the capacity of a centrically loaded glulam column
- Reasons for designing columns for eccentric loads
- Evaluate glulam beam-columns for structural adequacy
- Analyze glulam tension members
- Analyze glulam members subject to combined bending and tension
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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