Timber Structures

  • type: lecture
  • semester: master
  • place:

    Friedrich-Engesser-Hörsaal (HS93), Building 10.81
  • time:

    Fr 09:45 - 11:15
  • start: first week of semester
  • lecturer:

    Prof. Dietsch
  • sws: 2
  • ects: 6
  • lv-no.: 6213801

Lecture content

  • Timber houses: structural typologies and development
  • Wall and floor elements
  • Cross laminated timber: characteristics and design
  • Timber-concrete-composite structures
  • Timber products and structural elements in timber engineering
  • Connections and stiffness of connections
  • Glued connections
  • Reinforcement of connections
  • Stability and bracing systems
  • Notched beams and holes in beams
  • Structural fire design

Lecture notes

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