Study Guide

Objective

Can design different mechanical joints.
Can design holes and recesses in beams. Can dimension straight, pulp, saddle, curved and boomerang beam with consideration of torque, shear force, allowable deflection and tilting.
Can design glulam and laminate wood frame frames. Can dimension the stability of the hall.
Can dimension the siding of trusses.
Has basic knowledge of fire dimensioning of wood structures.

Content

Wood structures according to text above

Qualifications

Wood structures 1, Building stability and FEM

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows different mechanical connections.
Know what influences where holes and recesses can be made. Know the central properties of pulp, saddle, curved and boomerang beams.
Knows about three-way frames and
-bows of glulam and laminated wood
Know the basics for stabilizing a wooden hall.
Knows about the siding of trusses.
Know the basics of how wood structures withstand fire.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Can design different mechanical joints.
Can design holes and recesses in beams. Can dimen-
sion straight, pulp, saddle, curved and boomerang beam with consideration of torque, shear force, allowable deflection and tilting.
Can design glulam and laminate wood frame frames. Can dimension the stability of the hall.
Can dimension the siding of trusses.
Has basic knowledge of fire engineering dimensioning of wood structures.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can design different types of joints. Is familiar with effects that depend on fabrication (curvature, slab cutting) and shape (non-linear stress distribution, tensile stresses perpendicular to the fiber direction).
Can design three-joint frames and arches of glulam and laminated wood.
Has good knowledge of fire-technical dimensioning of wood structures.