Description:

Examples of timber structures and bridges. Structural systems and details. Recommended design.

Contents:

1. Timber based structures - general - types, properties, fabrication.
2. I - Beams made of timber based components.
3. I - Beams for floors.
4. Glue laminated timber beams made of two grade components.
5. Timber based walls.
6. Shear resistance of composite panels.
7. Durability, water and fire protection.
8. Cross laminated timber panels.
9. Connections.
10. Construction rules for plate structures in buildings.
11. Timber based materials for glue-laminated timber beams improvement.
12. Illustrations of existing structures.
13. Construction site excursion.

Seminar contents:

1.-3. I-beam for timber building
4.-6. Wood panels in building

Recommended literature:

! Kuklík, P.: Timber Structures 1, ČVUT Praha, 2007, ISBN 978-80-01-03614-3
! http://fast10.vsb.cz/temtis/cz/
?Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7

Keywords:

timber, timber structures, timber bridges

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar