Design of Timber Structures to Eurocode 5

To enable delegates to:

• Understand the Limit States Design method
• Calculate design loads on timber structures to Eurocodes (EN 1990, EN 1991 and EN 1995)
• Analyse and design basic bending members, axially loaded members and members subjected to combined axial and flexural loads
• Analyse and design solid timber components including floors, load-bearing walls and roof trusses
• Analyse and design engineered beams including glued thin-webbed beams, thin-flanged beams and glued laminated beams
• Analyse and design flooring systems with engineered timber joists
• Analyse and design lateral load-capacity of dowel-type fasteners including nails, staples, screws, bolts, dowels, split-ring, shear-plate, toothed-plate and glue
• Understand overall structural stability of timber buildings

On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Describe Limit State Design method for structural design
• Establish combinations of loadings on timber structures, e.g. permanent, variable and accidental actions
• Calculate different types of loading on timber structures to Eurocode 1, e.g. dead, imposed and snow loads, etc.
• Explain strength classes and material properties of structural timber
• Establish the design procedure for flexural members at ultimate limit states (bending, shear, bearing, lateral stability and notch) and serviceability limit states (deflection and vibration), e.g. timber flooring systems
• Establish the design procedure for axially loaded timber members, e.g. ties, columns
• Establish the design procedure for timber members under combined axial and flexural loads, e.g. roof trusses
• Describe engineered beams, e.g. glued thin-webbed beams, thin-flanged beams and glued laminated beams, and their effective cross-section properties
• Establish the design procedure for timber flooring systems with engineered beams at ultimate limit states (bending tension/compression on flanges/webs, panel shear and rolling shear, bearing on flanges/webs and lateral stability) and serviceability limit states (deflection and vibration)
• Explain dowel-type fasteners, e.g. nails, staples, screws, bolts, dowels, split-ring, shear-plate, toothed-plate and glue
• Describe the lateral load-carrying capacity for dowel-type fasteners
• Establish the design procedure for connections of timber structures
• Explain overall structural stability of timber buildings

• Introduction to Eurocodes
• Actions on Timber Structures
• Introduction to BS EN 1995
• Strength Classes and Material Properties of Structural Timber to EN 338
• Flexural Members: Bending, Shear, Bearing, Lateral Stability, Notch, Deflection and Vibration
• Axially Loaded Members
• Members under Combined Axial and Flexural Loads
• Engineered beams and their design issues
• Flooring systems with engineered joists
• Dowel-type fasteners for timber structures, e.g. nails, staples, screws, bolts, dowels, split-ring, shear-plate, toothed-plate and glue
• Lateral load-carrying capacity of dowel-type fasteners
• Overall structural stability of timber buildings
• Initial Assessment
• Lecture Presentation
• Tutorial Design Problem Solving
• Programme Demo for Structural Design
• Feedback Activity

Delegates need to bring their own copies of the following Eurocodes and UK National Annexes:

• British Standards Institution, "BS EN 1995-1-1: Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules for buildings", BSI, 2004, ISBN: 0 580 45147 X
• British Standards Institution "UK National Annex to Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules for buildings", BSI, 2004, ISBN 0 580 49349 0
• British Standards Institution, "BS EN 338: Structural timber structures - Strength classes", BSI, 2003, ISBN: 0-580-41845-6