TBA390 Timber Engineering

The main contents of the course are advanced structural engineering including truss systems, plates, shell structures, as well as advanced themes in timber engineering. Education and training is provided in FEM analysis using current software. The course includes reliability analysis in ultimate and serviceability limit states of existing buildings that is the topic of a project assignment.

After completing the course, the student should be able to design complex structures to a specified level of reliability for relevant loads. The student should learn to adapt engineering designs to functional and aesthetic requirements. The course will provide knowledge about structures that need 2D elasticity theory, and knowledge and training in using FEM software for analysis and design of different structural systems. Knowledge and skills are achieved through extensive work on exercises under teacher guidance. Education and training is given in the use of FEM software for structures composed of axially loaded bars of different materials and for slabs of reinforced concrete. Reliability design will be used so that performance and costs are optimized from the perspective of the client and/or community.