Design of Wood Structural Members:  

• Calculate the strength of a wood member in compression parallel to grain.  Calculate the strength of a wood column.

• Calculate the column face dimension for a tapered column.

• Calculate the column stability factor, Cp for a compression member.

• Calculate the perpendicular to grain compressive strength for a wood member.  Calculate the bearing strength of a wood member.

• Calculate the compressive strength or bearing strength for a wood member at an angle to the grain.

• Calculate the section properties for a wood beam, joist, plank or decking.

• Calculate the flexural strength of a wood member.  Calculate the moment strength of a wood beam.

• Calculate the allowable bending stress for a wood member.

• Calculate the deflection of a wood beam.

• Calculate the slenderness ratio of a wood beam.

• Calculate the beam stability factor, CL, for a wood beam.

• Calculate the shear strength of a wood member.

• Calculate the shear strength of a wood member with a notched end.

• Calculate the shear strength of a notched wood member.

• Calculate the shear strength of a wood member in a connection.

• Calculate the tension strength of a wood member.

• Calculate the withdrawal strength of a dowel-type wood fastener in a connection.

• Calculate the lateral strength of wood connections for each yield limit mode for both single shear and double shear connections.

• Design a wood floor joist for an ASD load. Check maximum moment, shear and deflection.

• Calculate the ASD axial compressive load for a timber or wood column.

• Design reference values for southern pine sawn lumber.

• Design reference values for North American wood species sawn lumber except southern pine.

• Design reference values for Non-North American wood species sawn lumber.

• Specific gravity values for wood species.