CE 694R - Loads on Structures

University of Alaska Anchorage Civil Engineering

Tentative Lecture/Homework Schedule

Fall 2007

Modified 10/29/07

TEXTS:

bulletASCE , Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-05 ,  2005.  (Click on link for ordering information.)
bulletQuimby, T.B., A Beginner's Guide to ASCE 7-05, online course text that will be developed over the semester, 2007.

Other Refrences:

bulletO'Rourke, Michael, Snow Loads:  Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05, ASCE Press, 2007
bulletMehta, Kishor, C., and  Delahay, James M., Guide to the Use of the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-02, ASCE Press, 2004.
bulletFEMA, FEMA Publication 55CD: Coastal Construction Manual, Third Edition.  This one is free!  You can order the CD from FEMA (see link) but we may have a couple of copies hanging around.  Check with the instructor.
bulletFEMA 450-CD-2003, 2003 NEHRP Recommended Provisions, 2004
 
Date Topic Reading Assignment Due
8/27 Introduction to Loads    
8/29 Tributary Area Concepts

BGSMA:  Trib Areas

  
9/3 Labor Day Holiday
9/5 Load Combinations

BGASCE7:  Loads and Their Combinations

 HW1:  D_TA.1, D_TA.3, D_TA.4, B_TA.3
9/10 Dead Load Computations BGASCE7: Dead Loads  
9/12

Soils & Hydrostatic Loads
Live Load Computations

 BGASCE7: Live Loads

P1: Load Combination Spreadsheet
9/17

Live Load Computations

   P2:  Dead Load Spreadsheet
HW2:  M3.1, D3.1, H3.1-2
9/19 Flood Loads BGASCE7: Flood Loads  
9/24 Flood Loads  

P3: Live Load Spreadsheet
HW3: D5.1, D5.2, H5.1, H5.2
9/26 Wind Loads BGASCE7: Wind Loads  
10/1 Wind Loads    
10/3 Wind Loads  

P4: Flood Loading Spreadsheet
HW4:  M6.1, M6.2, H6.1
10/8 Wind Loads    
10/10 Midterm Exam #1    
10/15

Wind Loads

    
10/17 Missed Class  

P5: Wind Loads Spreadsheet
HW5:  D7.1, H7.1
10/22 Snow Loads    
10/24 Snow Loads    
10/29

Snow Loads

    
10/31 Seismic Loads  

P6: Snow Load Spreadsheet 
HW6:  D8.1, H8.1
11/5 Seismic Loads    
11/7 Seismic Loads    
11/12 Seismic Loads    
11/14 Seismic Loads    
11/19

Midterm Exam #2

    
11/21 Thanksgiving Holiday
11/26

Applying Loads to Structures

  

P7: Seismic Load Spreadsheet
11/28

Applying Loads to Structures

    
12/3

Problem Presentations

  

Building Loads Problem
12/5

Review

    
12/10 Final Exam 4p-6:45p

Comprehensive