ABSTRACT

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 an answer key available on our website, so that you learn the fundamentals. Structural Competency for Architects will also help you pass your registration examinations.

part 1|75 pages

Statics and Strength of Materials

chapter 1|10 pages

Finding Reactions

chapter 2|8 pages

Bar Forces in Trusses

chapter 3|5 pages

Statics in Simple Systems

chapter 4|15 pages

Shear and Moment in Beams

chapter 5|5 pages

Load Tracing

chapter 6|4 pages

Simple Stress and Strain

chapter 7|10 pages

Shear and Flexure in Beams

chapter 8|6 pages

Deflection in Beams

chapter 9|4 pages

Design of Beams

chapter 10|6 pages

Design of Columns

part 2|60 pages

Structural Design Principles

chapter 11|8 pages

Structural Patterns

chapter 12|12 pages

Design Loads

chapter 13|10 pages

Horizontal Framing Systems

chapter 14|10 pages

Lateral Bracing Systems

chapter 15|18 pages

Structural Typology

part 3|41 pages

Wood Design

chapter 16|18 pages

Dimensional Lumber Design

chapter 17|7 pages

Timber Design

chapter 18|10 pages

Glue-Laminated Lumber Design

chapter 19|4 pages

Wood Connections

part 4|37 pages

Steel Design

chapter 20|6 pages

Steel Beam Design

chapter 21|8 pages

Design of Steel Compression Members

chapter 22|9 pages

Steel Tension Design

chapter 23|2 pages

Steel Baseplates

chapter 24|10 pages

Steel Connections

part 5|72 pages

Concrete Design

chapter 25|7 pages

Concrete Beam Design

chapter 26|6 pages

Concrete Slab Design

chapter 27|9 pages

Doubly Reinforced Beams and T-beams

chapter 28|7 pages

Shear and Def lection in Concrete Beams

chapter 29|10 pages

Concrete Columns

chapter 30|5 pages

Development Length

chapter 31|11 pages

Concrete Walls

chapter 32|9 pages

Footings

part 6|9 pages

Masonry and Alternate Materials

chapter 34|3 pages

Masonry Design

chapter 35|4 pages

Alternate Structural Materials

chapter |1 pages

Conclusions