Course Details
Metal and Timber Structures 2
Academic Year 2026/27
BOA102-K course is part of 1 study plan
BKC-SIS Winter Semester 3rd year
Overview of the historical development, fields of application in building structures, and future development prospects of timber structures. Properties of timber and wood-based materials with regard to their use in building structures.
Materials used in timber structures and the use of steel in structural systems.
Fundamental principles of the design of timber and steel structures. Structural limit states. Principles for the design of members and components of timber and steel structures.
Design of member-type structural elements in timber structures. Differences between the design of timber and steel members.
Joints and connections in timber structures. Differences between the design of joints and connections in timber and steel structures.
Design of basic types of traditional carpentry joints and mechanical connections in timber structures.
Structural systems of buildings with load-bearing timber structures (timber-frame systems, post-and-beam systems, panel systems, log and timber-block construction): structural arrangement, basic construction details, and the use of steel in joints and connections.
Roof structures – flat and pitched roofs: roof types, structural arrangement, and basic construction details.
Structural systems of multi-storey panel and modular buildings: structural arrangement and basic construction details.
Column and arch structural systems in timber and steel.
Manufacture, erection, protection and maintenance of timber structures and timber–steel composite structures.
Defects, failures and rehabilitation of timber structures.
Credits
5 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Mathematics 1; Mathematics 2; Structural Mechanics 1; Structural Mechanics 2; Construtions and Transport Buildings; Metal and Timber Structures 1; Strength of Materials.
Aims
Professional Knowledge
- The student will gain an overview of the materials used in load-bearing timber structures and their properties; learn the fundamental principles and methods for the design and verification of selected basic types of load-bearing timber structures, including structural members, connections and construction details; and gain an overview of the structural systems and arrangements of the basic types of load-bearing timber structures used in buildings and roof structures.
Professional Skills
- The student is able to independently design and verify basic types of connections in timber structures. The student is able to design and verify load-bearing timber members subjected to basic types of loading and, where applicable, their combinations. The student is also able to independently design and verify structural members with due consideration of possible stability failure, including buckling and lateral-torsional buckling.
Competences
- The student is able to independently solve basic timber-structure design tasks for buildings, particularly the design and verification of structural members with solid cross-sections and their characteristic construction details.
Basic Literature
Larsen, H., Enjily, V.: Practical design of timber structures to Eurocode 5, London, Thomas Telford Limited, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7277-3609-3 (en)
Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7 (en)
Farzad Hejazi, Steel structures design based on Eurocode 3, Singapore: Springer 2018, ISBN 978-981-10-8835-3 (en)
Recommended Reading
ČSN EN 1993-1-1 Eurokód 3: Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí – Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla – Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby (cs)
Kolb, J. Dřevostavby. Grada Publishing, a.s. Praha 2008. 320 str. ISBN 978-80-247-2275-7 (cs)
Prerequisites
Mathematics 1; Mathematics 2; Structural Mechanics 1; Structural Mechanics 2; Construtions and Transport Buildings; Metal and Timber Structures 1; Strength of Materials.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
7 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Self-study
66 weeks, 1 hours/week
Individual preparation for an ending of the course
50 weeks, 1 hours/week