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Author:

Adams, Andrew Ryan

Title:

Quantitative Radiographic Investigation of Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

radiography
beam theory
strain
dowel type fastener
wood connection
digital image processing
x-ray
edge extraction
differentiation of discrete data

File:

Download Andrew_Adams_CE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blass, Robert Anthony

Title:

LAMINATED WOODEN ARCHES REINFORCED WITH GLASS FIBER RODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crack
arch
reinforcement
Wood

File:

Download Thesis_Printable.pdf

Committee Members:

Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Chris Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Myers, Tanya L

Title:

Analysis of the International Residential Code 2006 Low Rise Wood Frame Building Bracing Requirements for Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

braced walls
shear walls
bracing
wind records
wind speeds
statistics
engineering
structural
residential
low
low rise
low rise buildings
wood construction
houses
housing
Wood frame construction
IRC 2006
2006
International Residential Code
IRC
loads
lateral loads
wind
ASCE 7
gypsum walls
exterior walls
interior walls
structural panels
analytical model
rigid beam model
rigid plate model
extreme wind
wind engineering

File:

Download TanyaMyersMSThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor