Wood joinery: Last week we worked on simple mortise & tenon joints in the woodshop. Because of the limited time, I chose to just draw it out and cut something crude on the bandsaw. I'm excited to spend some time in the shop on my own to experiment with some different kinds of joints. Pre-cambered... Continue Reading →

Learning Objective This week's learning objective was to analyze and get familiar with different types of wood structure's connections. Understand different types of loading scenarios and how joints and connections can vary depending on the situation and the type of loading. Students went to the wood lab and practiced making different types of joints with... Continue Reading →

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We started this week discussing columns, and there place as architectural and structural members, such as Duo Gong Brackets. Columns in Civil Engineering are used to hold the load above them. The members are chosen for their compressive strength. This is because the compressive load controls versus the loads in tension. Figure 1: Gou-gong research... Continue Reading →