Structural Competency for Architects

Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive volume covering topics from structural systems and typologies to statics, strength of materials, and component design. The book includes everything you need to know about structures for the design of components, as well as the logic for design of structural patterns, and selection of structural typologies. Organized into six key modules, each chapter includes examples, problems,and labs,along with ananswer keyavailable onour website, so that you learn the fundamentals. Structural Competency for Architects will also help you pass your registration examinations.

IntroductionPart 1: Statics and Strengths of Materials 1. Finding Reactions2. Bar Forces in Trusses3. Statics in Simple4. Shear and Moment in Beams5. Load Tracing6. Simple Stress and Strain7. Shear and Flexure in Beams8. Deflection in Beams 9. Design of Beams10. Design of ColumnsPart 2: Structural Design Principles 11. Structural Patterns12. Design Loads13. Horizontal Framing Systems14. Lateral Bracing Systems15. Structural TypologyPart 3: Wood Design 16. Dimensional Lumber Design17. Timber Design18. Glue-Laminated Lumber DesignPart 4: Steel Design 19. Wood connections20. Steel Beam Design21. Design of steel compression members22. Steel Tension Design23. Steel Baseplates24. Steel ConnectionsPart 5: Concrete Design 25. Concrete Beam Design26. Concrete Slab Design27. Doubly Reinforced beams and T-beams28. Shear and deflection in Concrete Beams29. Concrete Columns30. Development Length31. Concrete Walls32. Footings33. Precast and Prestressed ConcretePart 6: Masonry and Alternate Materials 34. Masonry Design35. Alternate Structural MaterialsConclusion Appendix Index

Hollee Hitchcock Becker is an Assistant Professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC where she teaches Structures and Environmental Design. With a BSCE in engineering and a Masters of Architecture, as well as a 30-year career in engineering, business and education, she understands the differences in learning styles between architects and engineers.