CONST 270 - Structural Design I

5.0 Credits
Beginning structural requirements for frame construction including review of engineering algebra, dead and live loads of buildings, forces and stresses, moments and reactions, types of beams, kinds of loads, shear and bending moments, engineering notations, and materials and methods related to structural design. Recommend completion of CONST 145 and MATH 77.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe and recognize component forces in vectors.
Describe and recognize forces on a body using moments.
Interpret free body diagrams.
Calculate stress and thermal deformation.
Size joists, beams, columns, and rafters.
Describe and recognize shear and bracing issues of walls concepts.
Describe and recognize common methods of fastening structural materials.
Describe and apply seismic retrofitting concepts.

Course Typically Offered
Winter