BYG300 Timber Structures and Structural Analysis

Contents and structure

The course will provide an understanding of the behavior of timber structures, placed in a building context. The course will provide the basis for the design of simple timber structures.

Contents:

• Characteristics of wood as structural material
• Design calculations for axial force, torsion, moments and shear force
• Buckling effects
• Special calculation rules for load distribution, stiffening, etc.
• Calculation of displacements
• Structural design of connections: nails, screws, bolts, timber connections, dowels
• Review of relevant "Byggforsk" sheets
• Fire resistance
• Cross Laminated Timber

The course will also provide an understanding of the behaviour of structures in general and will provide a basis for structural analysis.

• Energy methods (Castigliano's theorem)
• Deformation of beams, frames and truss structures
• Statically indeterminate beams, frames and truss structures
• Plastic design methods (collapse of frames)