To assemble relevant design data and methods in a single, comprehensive format that is instructional and simple to apply for the complete design of a home.

This Structural Design Cheatsheet covers the engineering formulas and equations I use regularly as a structural engineer. It’s a “short” summary of many of the blog posts we published on …

This information is for use by structural engineers to develop design calculations, specifications, plans, and design-build Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and it is meant to serve as the minimum design …

The design, fabrication and erection of structural steel for buildings and structures will be in accordance with either the AISC Load and Resistance Factor Design (AISC-LRFD) or AISC Specification for …

Arranging several pieces of timber or steel into a structural frame or truss. Universal steel beams. Built-up timber sections with the beam members nailed, glued or bolted together into a solid section, or …

• Values of structural loads are given in the publication ASCE 7-98: Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. The first phase of structural design consists of estimating the loads acting on …

tools used in structural analysis. The development of FEA is one of the most remarkab e successes in structural analysis. The governing differential equation of the structural problem is converted to its …