Residential Structural Design Guide, Second Edition: A State-of-the-Art Engineering Resource for Light-Frame Homes, Apartments, and Townhouses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781721639199)

Second Edition, October 2017, 402 pages: This document is a unique and comprehensive tool for design professionals, particularly structural engineers, seeking to provide value-added services to the producers and consumers of American housing. As such, the guide is organized around the following major objectives.- To present a sound perspective on American housing relative to its history, construction characteristics, regulation, and performance experience.- To provide the latest technical knowledge and engineering approaches for the design of homes to complement current code-prescribed design methods.- To assemble relevant design data and methods in a single, comprehensive format that is instructional and simple to apply for the complete design of a home.- To reveal areas in which gaps in existing research, design specifications, and analytic tools necessitate alternative methods of design and sound engineering judgment to produce efficient designs.

Author: I. P. D. S., Coulbourne Consulting
ISBN-10: 1721639195
ISBN-13: 9781721639199
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2018
Pages: 404
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.83d