John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , Hoboken, New Jersey, 2007. — 407 p. A simple, practical, and concise guide to timber design. To fully understand structural design in wood, it is not sufficient to consider the individual components in isolation. Structural Wood Design: A Practice–Oriented Approach Using the ASD Method offers an integrative approach to structural wood design that...
Springer, 2013. — 815 p. — ISBN: 9400778104. This book contains the contributions from the RILEM International Symposium on Materials and Joints in Timber Structures that was held in Stuttgart, Germany from October 8 to 10, 2013 . It covers recent developments in the materials and the joints used in modern timber structures. Regarding basic wooden materials, the contributions...
5th edition. — McGraw-Hill, 2003. — 1034 p. This is the classic text on wood design updated to include the latest codes and data. It reflects the most recent provisions of the 2003 International Building Code and 2001 National Design Specification for Wood Construction. Continuing the sterling standard set by earlier editions, this indispensable reference clearly explains the...
Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003. — 1034 p. This is the classic text on wood design updated to include the latest codes and data. It reflects the most recent provisions of the 2003 International Building Code and 2001 National Design Specification for Wood Construction. Continuing the sterling standard set by earlier editions, this indispensable reference clearly explains the...
McGraw-Hill Professional, 6 edition, New York, 2007, 1096 p., ISBN: 0071455396 The leading text and reference on wood design, updated to include the latest codes and data Continued the sterling standard set by earlier editions, this indispensable reference leads you through the complete design of a wood structure (except for the foundation), following the same sequence used in...
Routledge, 2016. — 256 p. — ISBN: 9781138775299. Throughout history, people have constructed simple timber lattice shelters such as the tepee or yurt, covered with animal skins, leaves, grasses and woven fabrics. Over the last fifty years, more sophisticated ‘webs of wood’ have emerged, with timber gridshells in particular becoming a structurally expressive form of...
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014. XIX, 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-53966-8 (pbk). There is a great deal of innovation in the use of wood in construction, from impressive modern buildings to new construction products that reduce build times and improve building performance. As a renewable resource with proven low embodied energy, wood is both an environmentally responsible and a...
ICE Publishing, 2009. — 273 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7277-3609-3. Written by leading experts in the field, including one of the authors of Eurocode 5, this practical book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of timber structures according to the latest European and UK standards. Practical Design of Timber Structures to Eurocode 5 begins with a description of timber, considering...
6th Edition. — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. — 672 p. — ISBN: 0470545097. The definitive design and construction industry source for building with wood — now in a thoroughly updated Sixth Edition Since its first publication in 1966, Timber Construction Manual has become the essential design and construction industry resource for building with structural glued laminated timber....
Springer Fachmedien, 1994. — 488 p. — ISBN: 9783322967145. Dieses Lehrbuch behandelt in überwiegend einfacher, verständlicher Form wesentliche Gebiete des Ingenieurholzbaus wie physikalische und technologische Grundlagen, Bemessung und Konstruktion tragender/aussteifender Bauteile aus Holz und Holzwerkstoffen mit Angaben von notwendigem Detail- und Hintergrundwissen sowie...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. - 560 p. Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 is a comprehensive book which provides practicing engineers and specialist contractors with detailed information and in-depth guidance on the design of timber structures based on the common rules and rules for buildings in Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate...
New Society, 2003. — 251 c. A very interesting technology for building your own home using logs of trees, which we are used to splitting into firewood, held together with a special solution. Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from "log ends" laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking,...
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 2004. — 54 p. The six chapters that follow discuss and illustrate the joints in American traditional timber-framed buildings of the past, showing common examples with variations as well as a few interesting regional deviations. The discussion does not describe the cutting of the joints (that is best left to the how to...
2nd Revised edition. — Taunton Press, 2003. — 236 p. The first edition of this book was the first complete visual handbook designed for architects, builders, students and homeowners interested in woodframe house construction. This new edition contains hundreds of meticulous drawings illustrating every detail readers would ever want to know about building with wood. Well...
Third Edition, Revised and Updated. — Newtown: The Taunton Press, 2008. — 243 p. — (For Pros by Pros). — ISBN: 978-1-60085-023-3. The newly revised and updated edition of this classic reference volume reflects all the latest innovations in residential frame construction. Ideal for builders, architects, students or anyone interested in building their own home, The Graphic Guide...
4th ed. — The Taunton Press, 2016. — 259 p. — ISBN: 9781631863721 A classic reference, the Graphic Guide to Frame Construction is a comprehensive visual handbook filled with hundreds of meticulous drawings showing the framing details you need to understand when building with wood. This revised fourth edition reflects the most recent changes in residential frame construction. It...
4th ed. — The Taunton Press, 2016. — 259 p. — ISBN: 9781631863721. A classic reference, the Graphic Guide to Frame Construction is a comprehensive visual handbook filled with hundreds of meticulous drawings showing the framing details you need to understand when building with wood. This revised fourth edition reflects the most recent changes in residential frame construction....
Wood Focus, 1999. — 112 p. This guide introduces and describes the open timber construction system. In addition it also lists those building regulations that affect the design and construction of timber buildings and presents some model structures that comply with these regulations. The guide is intended primarily for the use of architects and students of architecture or...
Formerly T11 Manual for Wood Frame Construction, - 54 p., June 2001 WCD #1 is a comprehensive summary of rules and guidelines for the proper construction of wood frame buildings built to conventional construction provisions in the model building codes. WCD #1 includes information on various types of construction, framing systems, fire and draftstopping, protection against...
12 p., February 2004 Timber tongue and groove decking is a specialty lumber product, constituting an important part of modern timber construction, that can be used for many applications to provide an all-wood appearance. Nominal three and four inch decking is especially well adapted for use with glued laminated arches and girders and is easily and quickly erected. This document...
40 p., April 2003 The plank-and-beam method for framing floors and roofs has been used in heavy timber buildings for many years. The adaptation of this system to residential construction has raised many technical questions from designers and builders concerning the details of application. This publication presents technical data that will be helpful to students, architects,...
17 p., February 2004 Heavy timber construction is one of the oldest types of buildings used in the development of this country. Its superior performance has been demonstrated in thousands of buildings during the past hundred and fifty years, many of which are still in satisfactory use. As originally conceived, the heavy timber building was a multi-story structure, designed and...
23 p., February 2006 Design of durable structures is the result of careful planning and understanding of loads and forces that will likely act upon a building during its lifetime. If these key elements are not taken into consideration, the designer may compromise the ability of the structure to remain fully functional over extended periods of time. When properly designed, wood...
Institut fur Internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH 8 Co. KG, 2004. — 110 p. ISBN3764370327. Language: English New materials and stricter energy-efficiency requirements have brought about radical changes in timber construction in recent years. Whether built on site or pre-fabricated, this publication provides a concise survey of modern timber construction, the materials...
McGraw-Hill, 2002. — 750 p. Winner of Association of American Publisher's 2001 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division Annual Awards Competition. Chapter 1 provides a basic introduction to the structure and properties of wood as an engineering material. Subsequent chapters discuss the unique design and construction characteristics of each glued engineered wood composite...
Wood Frame Construction Manual in high wind areas for one or two family dwellings, WFCM, May 2013, American Forest & Paper Association American Wood Council, Copyright 2006 American Forest & Paper Association, Inc. INTRODU CTION. GENER AL PRO VISIONS. SCOPE. Design Concepts. APPLICABILITY. Building Height. Building Dimension. Building Shape. FRAMING CONNECTIONS. FOUND ATION...
Wood Frame Envelopes - Building Technology, 1999, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. All rights reserved. CMHC information: Tel: 1 800 668-2642 Fax: 613 748-4069 Outside Canada: 613 748-2003 Web site: www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca 1 / Introduction Purpose of the Guide 1-1 History 1-1 Notice to Designers 1-2 2 / Wood in Construction Characteristics of Wood 2-1 Wood Frame...
Basel: Birkhäuser, 2012. - 328 p. Language: English Building with wood as an ecologically viable material is a tradition with a long history. The timber architecture which has ensued over the past centuries reveals to the modern observer the depth of knowledge which has enabled both Eastern und Western cultures to use this wonderful material in such a creative way. In the most...
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