Architecture Engineering
Design of structural members using timber and structural steel based on the provisions of the National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP).
Understanding the unique orthotropic properties of wood, species grouping, and NSCP adjustment factors for timber design.
Orthotropic properties of wood, species grouping per NSCP, allowable stress design, and adjustment factors.
Design of axially loaded timber members, exploring tensile capacity, column classification, slenderness limits, and stability factors.
Design of timber tension members, solid wood columns, slenderness ratio requirements, and spaced columns.
Flexural design of timber beams, addressing bending stresses, lateral stability, horizontal shear, and serviceability limits.
Design for flexure, horizontal shear, deflection, bearing stress, and notched beams.
Addressing simultaneous axial and bending loads in timber members, and the fundamental design of mechanical connections (bolts, nails, screws).
Members subjected to combined axial and bending loads, timber fasteners, and design of bolted timber joints.
Properties of structural steel, common ASTM grades, standard shapes, and the fundamental differences between ASD and LRFD design philosophies.
Properties of structural steel, standard shapes, and ASD vs. LRFD design philosophies per NSCP.
Design of steel members subjected to axial tension, covering yielding, rupture, effective net area (shear lag), and block shear.
Tensile yielding, tensile rupture, effective net area (shear lag), and block shear strength.
Design of axially loaded steel columns, detailing Euler buckling, effective length factors, local buckling (compactness), and column curves.
Euler buckling, residual stresses, effective length factor, local vs global buckling, and design of axially loaded columns.
Flexural design of steel beams, encompassing plastic moment capacity, lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) zones, shear strength, and deflection serviceability limits.
Bending stresses, plastic moment capacity, laterally supported/unsupported beams, shear strength, and deflection.
Bolted connections (bearing vs slip-critical), welded connections, and design of simple axially loaded column base plates.