Course: timber Structures

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Course title timber Structures
Course code KME/DR1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vejvara Luděk, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st week: Process of design of structures, durability, situations for design, principles for reliability-based design, resistance of a structure, ultimate limit state, serviceability limit state, materials for timber structures, classes of humidity. 2nd week: Design of timber elements using the standard ČSN EN 1995. Ultimate limit state, serviceability limit state. 3rd week: Main types of solicitation. Traction, compression, stability of an ideal element, local stability, effective length for planar buckling, effective length for torsion, effective lengths for single beams, systems of beams and frames. Second order theory, buckling resistance, bearing capacity of a compressed element, composed beams. 4th week: Bending, bearing capacity for bending, tridimensional bending, stability during bending. 5th week: Combination of solicitations, tension and bending, compression and bending, bending and torsion. 6th week: Glued connections, nailed connections, clipped connections, bolted connections, peg connections, screwed connections, carpenter connections, dowel connections. 7the week: Serviceability limit state, deformation, slippage in connection points, limit deformations, oscillation of structures. 8th week: Planar timber structures, beams, full beams, truss girders, details of structures, purlins. 9th week: Tridimensional stiffness of timber structures, ways of increasing, timber roof systems. 10th week: Timber structures for simple buildings. 11th week: Design of timber structures considering the effects of fire, main principles, main procedures for the design. 12th week: Methods for stating the fire resistance of a structure. 13th week: Protection of timber structures, structural protection of wood, wood-destroying funguses, wood-destroying insects, means for protecting wood.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 23 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The student knows: - main principles used in structures, main materials and their use from the courses Constructions I, II and III, Construction materials and Reliability and safety of structures - the basis of the theory used in mechanics, elasticity, plasticity and statics
name non - load - bearing building structures including partitions, floors, coverings and surfaces
know the basics and curriculum of structural mechanics and structural engineering for the design of simple structures
know the subject of elasticity and strength in the range of basic stresses - pressure, tension, bending, shear, torsion
know the procedures and normative requirements for determining loads and their combinations for calculations according to limit states
recognize building materials, especially wood-based ones
Skills
determine load-bearing and non-load-bearing structures of buildings
assemble loads and their combinations according to valid standards EN 1990 Design principles
recognize basic cases of stress - pressure, tension, bending, shear, torsion
read and create simple construction drawings - floor plan, section
calculate internal forces on simple structures - simple and continuous beam, bracket, verticals, diagonals
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to gain knowledge about traditional and modern load-bearing wooden structures of buildings
gain knowledge and technical information about wood materials
gain knowledge about the design of load-bearing timber structures
gain knowledge about the design of bent, pressed and draw elements made of wood and wood-based materials
gain knowledge about the design of joints of wooden elements
gain knowledge about pests, degradation and wood protection
to gain knowledge about fire protection of wood and determination of fire resistance
Skills
define the differences between the individual structures
be familiar with the use of wood-based materials Bottom Up Edit
choose suitable wooden structures for placement in the building and for the given type of building
solve material design and design of individual vertical and horizontal structures, design of their profile and joints
design protection of wood against pests, moisture or fire
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Practicum
Lecture
Competences
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • ČSN EN 1990 ( 73 0002) Eurokód: Zásady navrhování konstrukcí. Praha : Český normalizační institut, 2004.
  • ČSN EN 1991 - Zatížení stavebních konstrukcí.
  • ČSN EN 1995-1-1 (73 1701) Eurokód 5: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Část 1-1, Obecná pravidla - Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby = Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules.
  • Petr Kuklík, A. Kuklíková, K. Mikeš. Dřevěné konstrukce 1- cvičení.
  • Petr Kuklík. Dřevěné konstrukce. 2005.
  • Wald Fr. a kolektiv. Výpočet požární odolnosti stavebních konstrukcí. ČVUT Praha, 2005.


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