Competence Goal

Students will be able to explain the procedure for investigating and assessing old building structures. They will be able to describe the properties and quality of wood (strength grading of installed wood). They will be able to name typical defects and damage to timber structures. They carry out realistic static calculations of old constructions and determine the remaining service life. They will be able to explain methods of repairing damage or repairing and reinforcing wooden structures on the basis of monument preservation concepts and taking into account technical and engineering solutions.

Content

• The history of timber structures
  Development of half-timbered structures and roof structures
  Development of timber bridge construction
• Static calculation of old timber structures
  Consideration of rigidity
  Notes on modeling (plane - spatial systems)
• Examination and assessment of an old timber structure
  Strength of old structural timber
  Examination of installed structural timber
• Calculation of carpentry timber joints
• Methods of repair and reinforcement
  Conservation concepts
  Repairs, reinforcements, auxiliary constructions