Lecture content

The focus is on the combination and application of basic knowledge of strength theory, structural analysis, construction materials and building construction with standard-compliant dimensioning, taking into account the specific properties of timber as a material:

• Basisc: examples of timber buildings, timber and its properties, timber as a building material, engineered wood products, design according to limit states
• Design of building components: Tension and compression, bending, shear and torsion, compression members and buckling lengths, tilting and bracing systems
• Connections: mechanical fasteners, load-carrying behaviour in shear (dowels, bolts), load-carrying behaviour in pull-out (screws), groups of fasteners, carpentry joints, glued connections
• Construction: tension perpendicular to the grain, wood protection, cross laminated timber, fire protection

Lecture notes

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