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Design of Monorail Systems
3 PDH - This course provides guidance for the
design of a monorail beam system. The design concept presented
is for a manually-driven trolley hoist on a single beam or
girder based primarily on the Crane Manufacturers Association of
America (CMAA) Specification No. 74. Deflection limitations,
fatigue, and operational safety will also be discussed. Two case
studies are presented to show the effectiveness of a
well-planned overhead material handling system. When this course
has been completed, the reader will be familiar with the basic
design of a single girder monorail system for bottom-running
manual trolley hoists.
Optimum Design of Indeterminate Beams
3 PDH - This course is designed to assist structural engineers
from all fields - civil to aeronautical - in developing initial
design concepts. This is accomplished by determining an
idealized optimum section property distribution for each of the
most critical loading conditions. Even though, for many large
structures encountered by civil engineers, it is impractical to
vary the section properties continuously in accordance with the
idealized optimum, it is very helpful to know what that
idealized distribution is, so that it can be approximated within
the limits of practicality.
Structural Design Criteria for Permanent Wood Foundations
4 PDH - A Permanent Wood Foundation (PWF) is an
innovative building system that saves on home construction
costs, provides for warm living areas, and adds to the homes
marketability. A PWF is an engineered foundation construction
system that is a load-bearing, lumber-framed foundation wall
sheathed with plywood that can resist and distribute earth,
wind, and seismic loads and stresses that may crack other types
of foundations. All lumber and plywood used in the construction
is pressure-treated with preservatives to withstand decay from
moisture and insect damage.
Texas ASCE Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations
- 3 PDH - As in the Guidelines, the course is
largely non-technical. Technical details of residential
foundation evaluation and repair are not discussed. As part of
the course, the course authors commentary is provided in the
link below. A twenty-question quiz will test the students
understanding of the subject.
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