Description:

The course is focused on basic rules for mechanical resistance, serviceability, durability of timber structures in normal temperature and in fire.

Contents:

1. History of timber structures.
2. Wood properties.
3. Structural timber.
4. Engineered wood products.
5. Limit states design.
6. Evaluation of tension, compression, shear and bending capacity.
7. Members carrying combined actions.
8. Design of connections.
9. Planar and spatial timber structures.
10. Timber frame houses.
11. Timber bridges.
12. Fire resistance of timber structures.
13. Durability of timber structures, transportation and erection.

Seminar contents:

1. Design of a column.
2. Design of a floor beam.
3. Design of a spliced connection.
4. Design of a pitched cambered beam.
5. Evaluation of a floor serviceability.
6. Evaluation of a beam fire resistance.

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, wood products, timber structures, fire resistance, transportation, erection

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