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Timber Structures

Subject
Subject code EHO129
Subject name Timber Structures
Credit points 3 ECTS
Grading method Exam
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2008 EI
Study year 3
Semester Spring semester
Subject type Mandatory
Subject loads
Lecture 24
Practice 16
General description
Properties and nature of timber. Timber defects and damages. Work with timber-related standard documents. Principles for calculation of timber structures. Calculation in the state of bearing and operational limit. Connections of timber structures. Plane beam systems. Full wall posts, arches, frames. Plane lattice girder systems. Guaranteeing the spatial stability. Production and monitoring of timber structures. Fire protection. Timber structures of buildings and bridges.
General aim
The objective of the course is to provide the students knowledge for the design of timber structures and skills for the use of the respective standard documents.
Aim
Having passed the course the student must be able to use standard documents and design mostly spread timber structures.
Form description
Lectures
Exercises
Homework
Literature
Eurocode 5
M. Kiisa "Puitkonstruktsioonide arvutamise alused", TTK 2011 (loengu abimaterjal)
Evaluation methods
Written exam
Current rounds
None
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