Dan L. Wheat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Carl Ernest & Mattie Ann Muldrow Reistle, Jr. Centennial Fellow in Engineering - Undergraduate Advisor
Office: ECJ 4.714
Phone: (512) 232-3598
Fax: (512) 471-7259
Email: dwheat@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1748
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-STR
1 University Station C1748
Austin, TX 78712-0273
Area(s) of Expertise:
Structural Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., Structures and Solid Mechanics, Colorado State University, Civil Engineering, 1980
M.S., Structures, University of Denver, Civil Engineering, 1973
B.S., University of Colorado, Civil Engineering, 1969
Technical Interests:
Behavior, design and mathematical modeling of wood structural systems
Selected Publications:
Wheat, D.L., Gromala, D.S., and Moody, R.C., "Static Behavior of Wood-Joist Floors at Various Limit States," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 112(7), pp. 1677-1691, July, 1986
King, C.G. and Wheat, D.L., "Deflection and Member Behavior of Metal-Plate-Connected Parallel-Chord Wood Trusses," Proceedings of the 1988 International Conference on Timber Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 482-497, Seattle, WA, September, 1988
Wheat, D.L., Fowler, D.W. and Al-Negheimish, A. I., "Thermal and Fatigue Behavior of Polymer Concrete Overlaid Beams," Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 5(4), pp. 460-477, November, 1993
Wheat, D.L. and Calixto, J.M., "Nonlinear Analysis of Two-Layered Wood Members with Interlayer Slip," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 120(6), pp. 1909-1929, June, 1994
Binici, B. and Wheat, D.L., “Modeling Joist Stiffness Deterioration in Wood Floors,” Proceedings of the World Conference on Timber Engineering, Whistler, BC, Canada, July/August, 2000