Course detail
Timber Structures (M)
FAST-BO05Acad. year: 2009/2010
History of timber structures (TS), development prospects, Czech and foreign standards for the design of TS.
Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes
Spatial configuration of TS.
Rules of computer modelling of TS.
Basic types of strain acting on timber members and methods of their verification.
Limit states in TS.
Connections of TS.
Plane solid and truss structures – girders, frames, and arches.
Rules of structural design and theoretical analysis, significant details.
Securing structure TS against global loss of stability.
Spatial structures – laminated structures, spatial trusses, ribbed domes, vaults and shells.
Wood-based panels, usage in load-carrying structures. TS for residential, administrative, restaurant and other purposes. Fire resistance of timber buildings.
Production and assembly of TS.
Protection and maintenance of TS.
Examples of realized TS.
Principles of TS reconstruction and rehabilitation.
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Course curriculum
2. Properties of wood and wood-based materials for structural purposes
3. Spatial configuration of timber structures, bent types, spatial systems
4. Rules of computer modelling of timber structures
5. Limit states in timber structures, methods of their verification
6. Basic types of strain of timber members and timber structures elements
7. Connections of timber structures
8. Plane solid girders, frames, and arches
9. Truss girders, frames, and arches
10. Spatial structures – spatial trusses, ribbed domes, vaults, shells and folded grids.
11. Timber structures for residential, administrative and other purposes.
12. Production, assembling, protection and maintenance of timber structures, fire resistance
13. Principles of timber structure reconstruction and rehabilitation
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
Blass,H.J. a kol.: Timber Engineering – STEP 1. Centrm Hout, The Netherlands, 1995. (EN)
Kuklík, P. a kol.: Dřevěné konstrukce 10. ČVUT Praha, 2005. (CS)
Straka,B.: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Brno, 1996. (CS)
Straka,B.-Pechalová,J.: Dřevěné konstrukce. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Brno, 1996. (CS)
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