Structures I & II Review Materials

2008.11.12 - Concrete Wall -Quiz Review (Blank Review Sheet, 4 pages)
Fill in the blanks on homework problem 36.1 and check your answers with a copy of the solution. Also download a concrete wall diagram.

2008.10.22 - Steel Design -Quiz Review (Review Sheet, 1 pages)
Review a summary of key points from HW 6 and HW 7

2008.10.1 - Conceptual Concrete Design -Quiz Review (Fake Quiz, 2 pages)
Review the basic concepts of concrete design. Give it a try! Let me know if you have questions. Quiz Answer.

2008.9.29 - Shear Reinforcement in Concrete Design (Homework Hint, 4 pages, 73KB)
Calculate if shear reinforcement required. Find the critical shear that occurs at d from the support. Find the maximum spacing of stirrups. Find the Area of shear steel. Find the distance from support where stirrups are required and the spaceing.

2008.9.24 - Reinforced Concrete Design (Review Sheet, 7 pages, 73KB)
Allowable Stress Design (ASD), Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD), Safety Provisions, Overload Factors U, Strength Reduction Factors, Strength of Rectangular Sections in Bending, List of Symbols, Equations.

2008.9.24 - Design Homework Due 9/30/2008 (Homework Hint, 3 pages, 56KB)
Design a reinforced concrete beam for the following conditions: Span: 34 ft, Live Load 1,400 lb/ft, Dead Load: 1,800 lb/ft, Yield stress of steel: 60,000 psi, Compressive Strength of Concrete: 4,000 psi. Step by tep directions and equation list.

2008.9.10 - Timber Design Practice Quiz Solution (Practice Quiz, 2 pages, 45KB)
Floor joists having cross sectional dimensions of 2in x10in are simply supported, span 15ft and carry a floor load of 50lb/ft^2. What is the center to center spacing between the joints to develop a max bending stress of 1400lb/in2? I=166.7 in^4? What length of span would result in a max bending stress of 2400lb/in^2? Blank Quiz (2 pages, 21KB)

2008.9.10 - Timber Design (Review Sheet, 3 pages, 215KB)
Distributed Load & Point Load: Free Body Diagram, Shear Diagram, Moment Diagram, Moment of Inertia. Timber Design: Check Bending, Shear, Deflection and Minimum Bearing Area, Equations and Variables List.

Course Materials

2008.10.15 - Homework #7 Handout (Homework Assignment and Steel Tables , 7 page)
Steel Trusses, Manufactured Trusses for Flat Spans, Decks with Steel Frames, Structural Tubing Columns, Double Angle Compression Members

2008.9.10 - Timber Design HW (Homework Assignment #4 , 1 page)
Problems 5.6. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H: Using Douglas fir-larch, No. 2 grade, pick the Joist Size and Rafter size required from tables 5.5 and 5.6 respectively.

2008.9.10 - Table 5.1 (Table for Homework #4 , 1 page)
Design Values for Visually-Graded Lumber of Douglas Fir-Larch (Values in psi)

2008.9.10 - Table 5.5 (Table for Homework #4 , 1 page)
Allowable Spans in Feet and Inches for Floor Joists

2008.9.10 - Table 5.6 (Table for Homework #4 , 1 page)
Allowable Spans in Feet and Inches for Low- or High-Slop Rafters

2008.9.10 - Load Sources p 155-159 (Resources for Homework #4 , 3 page)
Minimum Floor Live Loads, Live Loads, Roof Loads, Floor Live Loads

2008.9.10 - Load Combinations p163-164 (Resources for Homework #4 , 1 page)
Allowable Stress Method, Strehgth Design Method

2008.4.2 - Centroid, Moment of Inertia and Stress and Strain (Review Sheet, 2 page)
Centroid of a Body, Moment of Inertia, Parallel Axis Theorem, Stress and Strain

2008.2.6 - Principle of Moments and Equations of Equilibrium (Review Sheet, 3 page)
The Unit Circle and Trigonometric Functions, Right Hand Rule, Principle of Moments, and Equations of Equilibrium.

2008.1.30 - Trigonometry Review (Review Sheet, 2 page)
Sin Cos Tan ( Soh Cah Toa), The Law of Sines, Magnitude and Direction of Vectors