Calendar

CLASS # SUBJECTS
1 Introduction
2 Lab: Equilibrium
3 Compression structures
4 Tension structures (HW #1 due)
5 Lab: Arch design
6 Member design for axial forces
7 (HW #2 due)
8 Lab: Stress and buckling
9 Forces and forms in trusses
10 Truss design (HW #3 due)
11 Lab: Truss design
12 Forces and forms in beams
13 Beam design (HW #4 due)
14 Lab: Beam design
15 Fanlike Structures
16 Design of masted structures (HW #5 due)
17 Lab: Fanlike structures/Design project
18 Loading
19 Stability and Restraint  (HW #6 due)
20 Lab: Design project
21 Design presentations (4-min presentation)
22 Design session
23 (Design project due) 
24 Environmental Context for Building Energy  
25 Energy Fundamentals - Thermodynamics
26 Building Energy Balances
27 Lab: Problems in Building Energy
28 Low Energy Building Strategies
29 Lab: Problems in Building Energy
30 Psychrometry and Comfort (HW #7 due)
31 Lab: Problems in Building Energy
32 Integrated building design (HW #8 due)
33 Sustainable structural design
34 Lab: Materials
35 Materials
36 Deflections and vibration (HW #9 due)
37 Lab: Deflections
38 Design for strength and serviceability
39 Review (HW #10 due)
40 Lab: Review
41 Review for final exam