INS 4037E - Timber Structures

Course Objectives

1) Understanding of timber material properties
2) Design of structural timber connections
3) Design of structural timber members, such as beams, columns etc.
4) Design of a roof truss

Course Description

History and introduction. Material properties, fire behaviour. Advantages of timber material. Design principles according to EC 5. Connections and devices. Nailed connections. Tension members. Compression members, buckling length. Compression members with a single cross section and multiple cross sections. Beams with a single cross section and box section. Roof trusses, loads, load combinations and stability bracings. Special beam types.