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Design of Structural Elements with Tropical Hardwoods (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Design of Structural Elements with Tropical Hardwoods (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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This book provides basic information on the design of structures
with tropical woods. It is intended primarily for teaching
university- and college-level courses in structural design. It is
also suitable as a reference material for practitioners. Although
parts of the background material relate specifically to West and
East Africa, the design principles apply to the whole of tropical
Africa, Latin America and South Asia. The book is laced with ample
illustrations including photographs of real life wood structures
and structural elements across Africa that make for interesting
reading. It has numerous manual and Excel spread sheet worked
examples and review questions that can properly guide a first-time
designer of wooden structural elements. A number of design problems
are also solved using the FORTRAN programming language. Topics
covered in the thirteen chapters of the book include a brief
introduction to the book, the anatomy and physical properties of
tropical woods; a bri ef review of the mechanical properties of
wood, timber seasoning and preservation, uses of wood and wood
products in construction; basic theory of structures, and
structural load computations; design of wooden beams, solid and
built-up wooden columns, wood connections and wooden trusses; as
well as a brief introduction to the design of wooden bridges.
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