Course detail

Timber Structures (S)

FAST-SO01Acad. year: 2011/2012

History of timber structures (TS), aspects of usage in building construction, Czech and foreign standards for design of TS.
Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes
Limit states in TS.
Spatial configuration of TS.
Rules of computer modelling of TS.
Basic types of strain of timber members and methods of their verifying.
Connections of TS and examples of their application.
Plane solid and truss structures – girders, frames, and arches.
Rules of structural design and theoretical analysis, significant details.
Securing structure against global loss of stability in TS.
Spatial structures – laminated structures, spatial trusses, ribbed domes, vaults and shells.
Wood-based panels and their usage in load-carrying systems.
TS for residential, administrative, agricultural and other purposes.
Fire resistance of timber buildings.
Production and assembly of TS.
Protection and maintenance of TS.
Examples of realized TS.
Principles of TS reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will learn and get under control the aims of matter in
teachings, focused especially to problems of design of timber elements and timber constructions, in term of content amplificated more in detail in the schedule of related training subject.

Prerequisites

Structural Mechanics, Elasticity and Plasticity, Building Materials, Building Structures

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. History of timber structures review, development prospects, field of timber structures application in civil engineering
2. Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes, material characteristics
3. Spatial configuration of timber structures, bent types, bracing systems
4. Rules of computer modelling of timber structures – structural geometry, bearing members connection, supports, material and cross-sectional characteristics, loading
5. Limit states in timber structures, methods of their verifying
6. Basic types of strain of timber members and timber structures elements
7. Connections of timber structures and examples of basic structural details
8. Plane solid girders, frames, and arches, glue laminated structures
9. Truss girders, frames, and arches, guiding details of joints
10. Basic types of spatial structures – spatial trusses, ribbed domes, vaults, shells and folded grids.
11. Timber structures for residential, administrative, agricultural and other purposes
12. Production, assembly, protection and maintenance of timber structures, fire resistance
13. Principles of timber structures reconstruction and rehabilitation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquired knowledge and skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch S , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.