Customer Reviews

Design of Wood Structures - ASD

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...to clearly explain ASD and UBC while teaching wood design principles.

This new edition incorporates 1997 UBC, while the previous version was for 1994 UBC.

The written explanations are clear. The examples are helpful. I am a 4th year structural designer and never had any wood classes in college. This book is it....I highly recommend it.

This book is gives a good grasp of seismic design for wood structures. Many of the examples especially near the end are good practice for the Californa PE Special Seismic Exam design questions. It gives a good grasp of how seismic forces move through a building and how to calculate those forces at various locations.

This book is excellent for someone not knowing much about timber design and learning everything for the first time. Problems and information is presented in an easy to read and follow format which allows the reader to truly comprehend the material. This book is a great tool in developing the fundamental knowledge needed to design timber structures. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the design of timber structures.

If you buy this book, you should know what you are getting. The examples are good, the problems are solid and challenging, and the building code (the UBC) is integrated seamlessly into the course of the text. For timber design, this book is essential.

This book was helpful once I went onto a design lab, but sometimes the examples were so involved that I got lost in all the numbers.

I bought this book for an independent study course in wood design while obtaining a MS in Civil Engineering. The book is well organized, does an excellent job of explaining the hows and whys of wood design and provides excellent design examples. I would highly recommend it. To get the most of this book, you should also have a copy of the IBC, ASCE 7, and the Wood Council codes.

A great reference for both wood structural design, and basic structural design in general. Excellent discussion/explanation of Wind/Seismic per IBC/ASCE 7-02. Very clear examples of diaphragm and shear wall behavior. One of the most well written engineering texts available.

I gave this book 4 stars, because I'm sure it is very good for it's purposes; but it did not fit mine.

I was hoping for a good book that is better than Graphic Guide to Frame Construction (For Pros By Pros) but this one is far too technical.

It requires that you have taken engineering courses such as Statics. I flipped through it, but hope to return it.

I did like some of the information that I saw; For instance it tells you not to use metal connectors with a large amount of vertical screws on Glu-lam beams, but it is mostly the math behind the building.

Please, some young smart engineer buy Graphic Guide to Frame Construction (For Pros By Pros) and write a better book, I'll buy it I swear.

I have the 2009 International Residential Code For One-and-Two Family Dwellings: Soft Cover Version, and Wood-Framed Shear Wall Construciton; An Illustrated Guide coming in the mail, so maybe that will help.

The Framing books are too dumbed down, and the engineering texts are too mathematical in nature.

Can anyone recommend a good book for smart young contractors willing to learn?

Good coverage of wood design. This is a text book, so it makes a good (not great) reference.

If you want to know how to design wood structures, this is the book for you. Great information, well-explained and good examples.