Mass Timber Structural Design: Engineering Modern Timber Structures
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This webinar will cover CLT gravity design and fire resistance in low and mid-rise buildings, focusing on structural integrity under fire conditions through either char depth calculations or encapsulation. We will also introduce common methods for meeting vibration and acoustic requirements in mass timber structures.
This presentation will also provide a detailed look at the structural design processes associated with a variety of mass timber products, including glued-laminated timber (glulam), cross-laminated timber (CLT), and nail-laminated timber (NLT). Applications for the use of these products in gravity force-resisting systems under modern building codes will be discussed. Other technical topics will include mass timber floor panel vibration criteria, connection options and design considerations, and an introduction to lateral systems common in mass timber buildings. Mass timber framing components are often left exposed to act as a finish while taking advantage of their aesthetics. As such, they are often required to provide a fire-resistance rating demonstrating their ability to maintain structural integrity in the event of a fire. This session will also discuss structural design of mass timber elements under fire conditions.
- Location:
- Online
- Date/Time:
- March 19, 2025 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
- Credits:
- Attendees can earn 1.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 1.0 PDH credit or 0.10 ICC credit
Speaker
Karen Gesa, PE | WoodWorks
Karen has been a consulting structural engineer, project manager and team leader for over twenty-seven years. Her experience includes new construction, additions, renovations, historic preservation, blast and progressive collapse, finite element modeling, and structural investigation and repair for government and private facilities from concept through construction. Projects have included health care, office, retail, K-12 and higher education, religious, theater, historical, industrial, military, multi-family, parking, residential and mixed-use buildings. Karen is a registered professional engineer in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and has a BAE, Structural Emphasis, from Pennsylvania State University.
This webinar is the second in a series of educational webinars hosted by WoodWorks. These webinars are tailored to Army Corps projects, as well as actively reviewing and providing commentary on several mass timber pilot projects. This assistance is made possible through funding from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and coordinated in partnership with Pete Stynoski, PhD, Research Civil Engineer at the U.S. Army ERDC (Peter.B.Stynoski@usace.army.mil).
