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Curriculum subject

Timber Structures

Subject
Subject code EHO129
Subject name Timber Structures
Credit points 3 ECTS
Grading method Exam
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2009 EI
Study year 4
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Subject loads
Lecture 8
Practice 4
General description
Standards of the design.
Loads of the building structures.
Properties and nature of timber. Timber defects and damages. Work with timber-related standard documents. Principles for calculation of timber structures. Calculation of the ultimate and serviceability limit state. 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. Basis of fire protection. Timber structures of buildings.
General aim
The objective of the course is to provide the students knowledge for the design of simpler 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
M. Kiisa "Puitkonstruktsioonide projekteerimise alused", TTK 2012
M. Kiisa "Ehituskonstruktsioonide projekteerimise alused ja koormused", TTK 2012
Evaluation methods
Written exam
Current rounds
None
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