CIEG 407 Schedule

University of Delaware
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CIEG 407 Building Design
2007-08 Academic Year

Syllabus

Class	Date	Topic	Chapter Section	Summary of Lectures	Assignment
1	8/29	Introduction	—	Course outline, expectations	Read TEK 7-1A and 7-2
2	9/5	Continuous load paths	—	—	Read Chapter 2, final load path concept, and Concrete Masonry Homes by HUD HW1
3	9/10	ASD & strength design methods	ASCE 7, Chapter 2	Probabilities Performance based design Load combinations Extraordinary events Example problem	HW2
4	9/12	Applying loads to buildings	ASCE 7, Chap 7 & 8	Snow Rain	HW3
5	9/17	Applying loads to buildings	ASCE 7, Chap 6	Wind Flood	HW4
6	9/19	Applying loads to buildings	ASCE 7, Chap 11	Seismic	—
7	9/24	Applying loads	ASCE 7, Chap 2 & commentary	Extraordinary events	—
8	9/26	Masonry materials	—	Block Mortar Reinforcement Admixtures	—
9	10/1	Visit masonry supplier	—	—	—
10	10/3	Walls	—	Axial loads Out-of-plane loads 2-way bending	HW5 Strength RM wall
11	10/8	Reinforced masonry	—	Slenderness	—
12	10/10	Wall slenderness Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7	—	Masonry/wood Masonry/concrete Masonry/steel	HW6, probs 10.3 and 10.4
13	10/15	Columns Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6	—	—	HW7
14	10/17	Mid-term exam review	—	—	—
15	10/22	Pilasters	—	—	—
16	10/24	Shear walls	—	Material grading Engineered wood Pressure treated wood Plywood	—
17	10/29	Mid-term exam AF&AP Product and Material Design Values for Western Lumber Microlam Design Properties Span Tables 2005 Wood Chapter 23		Engineered wood Trusses Plywood/OSB	—
18	10/31	Wood material	Breyer text, Chap 4 & 5	—	—
19	11/5	Floor-roof framing Wood Beam 1 Wood Beam 2 Wood Beam 3	Breyer text, Chap 8	—	HW6
20	11/7	Beams	Chap 6	Using NDS	—
21	11/12	Exterior walls	Chap 7	Beams Stress/deflection Columns Buckling Axial & lateral loads	HW7
22	11/14	Columns (meet in 140 duPont) APA Diaphragms	Chap 7	Vertical loads Lateral loads Walls Diaphragms	—
23	11/19	Shear walls	Chap 10	Shear walls Struts Splices Diaphragms	—
24	11/21	Connections to other materials	Chaps 11, 12, 13	Wood/concrete Wood/metal Wood/adhesive	HW8
25	11/26	Termite & moisture resistance	—	—	—
26	11/28	Failure modes of wood	—	—	HW9
27	12/3	Final exam review	—	—	—
28	TBD	Final exam	—	—	—

Textbooks:
1. Masonry Structures - Behavior and Design, Second Edition by Robert G. Drysdale, Ahmad A. Hamid, Lawrie R. Baker, 1999
2. Design of Wood Structures, Third Edition by Donald E. Breyer, 1993

References:
1. Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures, ACI 530/ASCE 5/TMS 402
2. ASCE 7-05 - Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
3. Guide to the Use of the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7
4. Guide to the Use and Understanding of the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7
5. International Building Code and International Residential Code - 2003
6. National Concrete Masonry Association TEK Bulletins
7. National Design Specification for Wood Construction
8. Wood Frame Construction Manual - Guide to Wood Construction in High Wind Areas, AF&PA