Course detail

Timber Structures (K)

FAST-BOA007Acad. year: 2025/2026

Historical development of timber structures, view of timber application in structures. Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes. Standards for structural design.
Limit states and rules of computer modelling. Basic types of strain of timber members and their verifying.
Fasteners – mechanical connections, glued connections.
Plane solid and truss structures – girders, frames, and arches. Rules of structural design and theoretical analysis.
Spatial structures – laminated structures, spatial trusses, ribbed domes, vaults and shells.
Timber bridges and footbridges. Specialized timber structures.
Production and assembly. Protection and maintenance.
Fire resistance of timber buildings.
Principles of reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Examples of realized timber structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Milan Šmak, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Entry knowledge

Mathematics, structural mechanics, elasticity and plasticity, section characteristics, design principles of structures, loads of structural systems, structural materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquired knowledge and skills.
Student will learn and get under control the aims of matter in
teachings, focused especially to problems of design of timber elements,timber constructions and bridges, in term of content amplificated more in detail in the schedule of related training subject.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN 1995-1-1 Eurokód 5: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí - Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla - Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby
Kuklík, P.: Dřevěné konstrukce, Praha: IC ČKAIT, 2005, ISBN 80-86769-72-0
Kuklík, P.; Kuklíková A.: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Informační centrum ČKAIT 2010, ISBN 978-80-87093-88-7

Recommended reading

Blass, H. J. a kol. Dřevěné konstrukce podle Eurokódu 5. STEP 2. Navrhování detailů a nosných systémů, Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2004.
Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7
Kolb, J. Dřevostavby. Grada Publishing, a.s. Praha 2008. 320 str. ISBN 978-80- 247-2275-7
Larsen, H., Enjily, V.: Practical design of timber structures to Eurocode 5, London, Thomas Telford Limited, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7277-3609-3

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization K , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Milan Šmak, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. History of timber structures review, development prospects and field of timber structures application in civil engineering.
  • 2. Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes, material characteristics.
  • 3. Wood-based materials – kinds and their properties for structural purposes
  • 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 footbridges. Specialized timber structures.
  • 12. Production, assembly, protection and maintenance of timber structures, fire resistance.
  • 13. Principles of reconstruction and rehabilitation of timber structures.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Milan Šmak, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Properties of timber and timber-based materials for structural purposes.
  • 2. Limit states and basics of timber structures computer modelling.
  • 3. Basic types of strain of members and structural parts of the timber structures: members under tension, bending, torsion or axial compression.
  • 4. Fasteners of timber structures, examples of typical connection design: mechanical connections, glued connections.
  • 5. Plane solid girders: Examples of design and detailing of timber structures.
  • 6. Plane truss structures: Examples of design and detailing.
  • 7. Space rigidity of the roofing systems, bracings.
  • 8.–13. Individual assignments of the design of the timber roofing structure. Disposition arrangement and loading, design and detailing.