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Timber Structures (S)
FAST-BOA003Acad. year: 2023/2024
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.
Principles of reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Examples of realized timber structures.
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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.
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Basic literature
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
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
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