Course Overview
Building on the structural arrangement established in the gravity systems course, this course develops participants' understanding of lateral load resistance in mass timber buildings. The course focuses primarily on mass timber diaphragm design in hybrid with steel or concrete vertical lateral force resisting systems, reflecting current practice. Participants work through the design of diaphragm components, panel connections, and interface details, with an emphasis on load path clarity, stiffness assumptions, and the constructability considerations that influence lateral system design. All-timber LFRS typologies are introduced and their limitations discussed. Design examples are aligned with NBCC 2020 and CSA O86.
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Related Programs
Lateral Force Resisting System (LFRS) Design in Mass Timber Structures (TMBR 3530) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Construction and the Environment
- Applied Mass Timber Engineering
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