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Wood Shop use
If you haven’t already done so, schedule a time with Dan Pepin ASAP to arrange a 3 or 4 hour block of time to fabricate your truss this week (11/26-11/30). Note that I have postponed the day of testing to December 4.
Term project #1 presentations are posted!
Follow this link to view your and other team proposal presentations from Tuesday, November 6.
Answer to in-class glulam beam question posted
See topic 7 for solution to in-class glulam beam question
download Visual Analysis software
Thursday, 9/13: in preparation for class, please download the student version of the program ‘Visual Analysis’ onto your computer by going to this link and following instructions: Visual Analysis Student Version If you have a laptop, download the software there … Continue reading
Video class on Tuesday, 9/11
Tuesday, 9/11 : There will be no in-class lecture. Instead of coming to class, you will be required to watch an online lecture in the form of videos that you will find posted under lecture topic 3 .
Required text is available in UMass library
Required Text: Breyer, Donald E., Fridley, Kenneth J., Pollock, Jr., David G, and Cobeen, Kelly, Design of Wood Structure-ASD/LRFD, McGraw-Hill, 6th Edition, 2007 – Available at the textbook annex – Also available in course reserves of W.E.B. Du Bois Library, … Continue reading