I'm not sure what I'll finally call this section - it depends on how it is received. The intent is to provide you with examples of engineering calculations that might be useful when designing your projects. Each of the examples serves a slightly different purpose. Descriptive text is provided at the top of each page to help you along.
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Example #1 - Material properties of Douglas Fir-Larch lumber.
downloadExample #2 - The previous example is expanded to provide the maximum allowable spans for various member sizes and grades.
downloadExample #3 - A simple spreadsheet to calculate the stresses in a member based on a simple, uniform loading.
downloadExample #4 - The previous example is expanded by breaking the simple uniform load up into its component Dead and Live loads.
downloadExample #5 - The previous example is further expanded to calculate the member's deflection at any point along the span. Maximum deflection and allowable stresses are checked.
downloadExample #6 - In this final version of the spreadsheet, we provide for concentrated loads in addition to the uniform loads.
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