SUSCOS
Sustainable constructions under natural hazards and catastrophic events
Master course
1E6 Advanced design of timber structures (elective, 5 ECTS)
1. week
Introduction to advanced timber structures
History of building construction (timber framed houses, roof and wall
structures, bridges), wood as a structural material (technical and nontechnical characteristics), potential of timber in building sector.
2. week
Wood properties
Structure of wood (macro-, micro-, submicro-), natural features in sawn
timber, shrinkage, creep, loss of strength, evaluation of structural properties.
3. week
Structural timber and glulam
Grading, mechanical properties, poles and round timber, solid timber,
structural timber with special properties (KVH, DUO/TRIO). Glulam production
and properties, structural use of glulam.
4. week
Wood based panels
Panels based on wood pieces (fibres, strands and veneers) and also wood
boards. Detailed description of cross laminated timber - production, loadcarrying behaviour, modelling and verification ( plates, walls and joints).
5. week
Limit states design – structural members
Reliability assessment (deterministic, semi or fully probabilistic). Design of
members according to Eurocode 5 (stress in one direction, combined stresses,
with varying cross-section or curved shape). Stability of members.
6. week
Limit states design – connections
Connections with metal fasteners (nails, dowels, bolts, screws, connectors,
punched metal plate fasteners). Design according to Eurocode 5.
7. week
Limit states design – components, assemblies and composite structures
Glued thin-webbed or thin-flanged beams, roof and floor diaphragms, timberconcrete composite floors, strengthening of timber members.
8. week
Planar and spatial timber structures
Beams, portal frames, arches, trusses, bracing, serviceability limit state
criteria, 2nd order theory. Space grid and shell structures.
9. week
Timber frame houses
Methods of construction, design models, connections between elements.
10. week
Timber bridges
Types and sizes, structural systems, bridge decks, connections and details,
dynamic effects, maintenance. Design according to Eurocode 5.
11. week
Fire resistance of timber structures
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SUSCOS
Sustainable constructions under natural hazards and catastrophic events
Master course
Behaviour of timber and wood-based materials in fire. Fire resistance of
timber members and joints. Design according to Eurocode 5.
12. week
Durability of timber structures
Natural durability of timber, deterioration mechanisms, hazard and durability
classes, Timber structures in aggressive environments.
13. week
Reserve
Seminars:
 Design of column and beam of a heavy timber frame structure.
 Design of moment resisting connection.
 Design of beam reinforced by glued-in rods.
 Design of timber-concrete composite floor of a multi-storey building.
References:
Thelandersson, S. – Larsen, H.J.: Timber engineering, John Wiley& Sons Ltd., 2003, 446 s.
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