Course Details

1. Calculate allowable load for tension and compression timber members.
2. Design the appropriate sized timber member to carry axial loads.
3. Identify the existence of lateral bracing and/or blocking of a beam.
4. Calculate the strength of a glulam or sawn lumber beam based on the limit states of bending
5. Calculate the deflection of a beam and compare it to industry design standards
6. Calculate the strength of all modes of failure for connectors
7. Model and analyse the forces on various components of a diaphragm using flexible diaphragm models.
8. Understand timber engineering technology.
9. Determine engineering parameters for masonry materials
10. Design masonry walls for crack control.
11. Design reinforced masonry walls.
12. Design masonry columns and pilasters.
13. Select appropriate methods of non-destructive evaluation of masonry materials and structures.

Timber

Design loads: building systems and loading path.

Wood properties: physical and mechanical properties of wood, species of wood, availability. Design values and adjustment factors.

Engineered timber: engineered lumber, glued-laminated beams, plywood.

Structural design: design of axial members, beams and columns to EC 5.

Connections: design of connection details.

Frame structures: design of timber framed structures.

Masonry

Introduction: revision of properties of masonry materials and standard tests, properties of mortar, grout and reinforcement, efflorescence.

Design for crack control: concrete masonry walls, brick walls, natural stone walls, isolation of partitions, shelf angles.

Reinforced masonry: working stress assumptions, structural properties, allowable working stresses, connections, structural behaviour, wall design, P-Delta effect, walls with openings, design examples in accordance with EC6.

Lintels: loading, allowable deflections, design examples in accordance with EC6.

Columns and pilasters: loadings, behaviour, design procedure and examples in accordance with EC6.

• “Design of Wood Structures”, 6th Edition, Donald F. Breyer Kenneth J. Fridley, Jr., David G Pollock and Kelly Cobeen.
• “Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5”, Jack Porteous and Abdy Kermani.
• “Design of Structural Masonry” by W.M.C. McKenzie, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
• “Masonry Structural Design”, Richard E. Klingner, McGraw-Hill, 2010.

• “EC5: Design of timber structures”
• “EC6: Design of masonry structures”

The course will be presented through theoretical lectures in class. The lectures will present to the student the course content and allow for questions. Part of the material will be presented using visual aids. Lecture notes, project assignments, practice questions, feedback and additional material such as site videos and photographs will be available to students at any time on the e-learning Moodle platform. The learning process will be enhanced with the requirement from the student to solve exercises. These include self-evaluation exercises which will be solved in class. These exercises will not be graded. Design projects will be given as part of their assessment. The instructor will be available to students during office hours or by appointment in order to provide any additional tutoring.