Iowa Structural 10 PDH Discount Package 2
Courses in this Package
Determining Allowable Design Values for Wood (S02-004 )
Wood as An Engineering Material: Adhesives with Wood Materials (S03-020)
Wood as An Engineering Material: Fastenings (S03-019)
Wood as An Engineering Material: Fire Safety of Wood Construction (S02-020)
This online engineering PDH course demonstrates how to adjust the reference design values for the most significant factors. Methods for determining all the significant types of design values for wood will be discussed, and include bending, shear, compression (parallel & perpendicular to the grain), tension and deflection. Some of the major factors affecting the design values that will be explained include moisture content, temperature, beam stability, column stability, load duration, repetitive factor, etc. Narration and pictures are provided on some of the slides to expound on the printed information. Realistic examples are included at the end of the slides that show how to size a header and determine the required number of header supports.
This course provides prescriptive guidance on how to determine allowable design values for wood. The methodology taught in this course is based on the National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDSWC) published by the American Forest & Paper Association and the American Wood Council, which is a recognized standard for designing wood dwellings. It is not necessary to acquire the NDSWC but it would be a valuable reference to have and would provide further insight into the course.
This 2 PDH online course is intended for engineers, architects or builders who need to determine the allowable design values for wood. After taking the course, engineers, architects and builders will be able to apply the correct allowable design value so that wood components can safely carry a load.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Know the difference between sawn and engineered wood products
- Understand the difference between reference and allowable design values
- Know the six most needed types of design values for wood
- Know the ten most significant adjustment factors
- Know how to determine the value of the adjustment factors
- Know how to convert reference design values to allowable design values
- Understand the concepts of perpendicular to the grain and parallel to the grain
- Know how to size a header using all the critical design values (bending, shear, bearing, deflection)
- Learn how to determine the proper number of header supports
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, "Determining Allowable Design Values for Wood".
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course presents the types of adhesives and their properties, bonding processes, bonded joints, testing and performance. It discusses how adhesives can effectively transfer and distribute stresses, thereby increasing the strength and stiffness of the composite.
Adhesive bonding of wood plays an increasing role in the forest products industry and is a key factor for efficiently utilizing our timber resource. The main use of adhesives is in the manufacture of building materials, including plywood, oriented strandboard, particleboard, fiberboard, structural composite lumber, doors, windows and frames, and factory-laminated wood products. Adhesives are also used in the assembly of furniture and cabinets, manufacture of engineered wood products, and construction of residential and commercial structures.
This 3 PDH online course is applicable to civil, structural or geotechnical engineers, as well as design and construction personnel who are interested in gaining a better understanding in adhesive bonding of wood materials.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the physical properties of wood for bonding
- Learning about the different types of adhesives and their composition, strength, durability and selection
- Understanding the bonding process
- Learning about the various types of bonded joints
- Understanding the testing methods and performance of polymers and bonded assemblies
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review Chapter 10, "Adhesives with Wood Materials" of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Publication, “Wood Handbook - Wood as An Engineering Material”, FPL-GTR-190.
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course provides guidance on joint designs required for wood fastenings for utmost rigidity, strength, and service. It discusses each type of fastening requiring joint designs adapted to the strength properties of wood along and across the grain and to dimensional changes that may occur with changes in moisture content.
The strength and stability of any structure depend heavily on the fastenings that hold its parts together. One prime advantage of wood as a structural material is the ease with which wood structural parts can be joined together with a wide variety of fastenings such as nails, spikes, screws, bolts, lag screws, drift pins, staples and metal connectors of various types.
This 3 PDH online course is applicable to civil, structural or geotechnical engineers, as well as design and construction personnel who are interested in gaining a better understanding in wood fastenings or who are involved in the design and planning of wood structures.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Learning about the various types of mechanical fastenings
- Understanding the withdrawal and lateral resistance properties for different types of fasteners
- Learning about joint designs required for wood fastenings including spacing, edge and end distances
- Understanding the effect of fastenings on wood joint properties including bearing stress
- Understanding the different types of loading (parallel-to-grain, perpendicular-to-grain, and angle loading)
- Learning about two-member joints versus multiple-member joints
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course discusses the fire safety code requirements along with the related fire performance data of wood in construction and provides information on fire behavior and fire performance characteristics of wood products.
Fire safety is an important concern in all types of construction. The high level of national concern for fire safety is reflected in limitations and design requirements in building codes. These code requirements and related fire performance data are discussed in the context of fire safety design and evaluation in the initial section of this course. Because basic data on fire behavior of wood products are needed to evaluate fire safety for wood construction, the second major section of this course provides additional information on fire behavior and fire performance characteristics of wood products. The course concludes with a discussion of fire-retardant treatments that can be used to reduce the combustibility of wood.
This 2 PDH online course is applicable to civil, structural or geotechnical engineers, as well as design and construction personnel who are interested in gaining a better understanding in fire safety of wood construction or who are involved in the design and planning of wood structures.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the fire safety design and evaluation process of wood in construction
- Understanding the different fire safety code requirements and regulations
- Understanding the different fire-performance characteristic of wood
- Learning the characteristics and benefits of fire-retardant treated wood
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.