SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY oF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

CVE40002~S1~2020

Assignment 1, Part B

For the double storey two house of Assignment 1a , your task is to prepare a member schedule
for the members shown in the attached structural engineering plans, using the span tables in
the supplements of AS 1684.2. Assume that the wind class for the site of the double storey
house is N2 wind class. It is recommended that you provide two member schedules, one for
Upper Roof framing and second member schedule for the Lower Roof and First Floor framing.

Make any other reasonable assumptions you consider necessary. To help you in the task, use
the attached structural drawings (as a proposal) prepared by the structural engineer for the
upper roof framing, lower roof and first floor framing plans.

The structural layouts are only proposed layouts. If you see the requirement for any extra
members, design and include them in your submission.

The location of the truncated girder trusses from the upper roof truss manufacturer has been
marked for your reference. You are not required to design any roof trusses including the girder
trusses. The truss manufacturer has specified a truss spacing of 600 mm c/c.

Adopt MGP10 and F17 seasoned hardwood timber grade, as suitable, for all your members. If
any of the members cannot be designed in timber (i.e. timber section size is larger than the
sizes shown in the span tables) then write the following phrase ‘to be designed in steel’
opposite its mark in the member schedule. A sample of the member schedule is provided in
page 3 of the assignment sheet.

A number of members in the house have been entered as steel in the member schedules, so you
may ignore these members.

You will need to download AS1684.2 N1/N2 supplement 4 and N1/N2 supplement 8 to
access and use the span tables.

Show the working of the timber size selection by referencing the table number, span length,
floor or roof load width and other relevant design parameters for all members. See the example
design on page 6 of this document.

(15 Marks)

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Your assignment should include the following:

1. A printed version of the two preliminary structural drawings with all member sizes filled in on
the member schedules (i.e. lower roof and first floor framing plan and the upper roof framing
plan).
2. All design workings required for the sizing of all the members. Refer to sample working on
page 7 of this document.
3. Design working should include references to all clauses and tables from the different
Australian Standards (or other documents if applicable) used in the design.

Please note the following:

1. STUDENTS SHOULD KEEP A COPY OF ALL ASSESSMENT THAT IS

SUBMITTED.
2. Students are to complete the assignment in groups of maximum 2 students per group.
Individual submission will also be accepted.
3. Students shall ensure they are using the latest version of all Australia Standards
(including amendments).
4. The information and tables in the lecture notes (e.g. extracts from various Australian
Standards) was current at the time of their production and is intended for teaching design
theory only. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they are using the latest revision of
the relevant Australian Standard.
5. Your submission should include the assignment submission cover sheet which can be
downloaded from CANVAS.

Submit Assignment no. 1 (both parts A and B in one report) by 5 PM Friday 24 April 2020 to
Dr Kamiran Abdouka electronically on kabdouka@swin.edu.au

Or to one of the following sessional tutors

Dr Maha Ridha mridha@swin.edu.au

Dr Kanaan Youkhanna kyoukhanna@swin.edu.au
Mr Osamah Obayes oobayes@swin.edu.au
Mr Alireza Zabihi azabihi@swin.edu.au

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 Upper roof trusses designed
by others and not part of
this assignment

MEMBER SCHEDULE FOR UPPER ROOF

Mark Description Member Size
RL1 Lintel
RL2 Lintel
RL3 Lintel
RL4 Lintel
RL5 Lintel
RL6 Lintel
RL7 Lintel
RL8 Lintel

URB1 Upper Roof Beam (You may treat as Roof Lintel)

GT Girder Truss by Truss Manufacturer

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 Lower Roof trusses in
the hatched areas to be
designed by others not
part of this assignment

MEMBER SCHEDULE FOR FIRST FLOOR AND LOWER

ROOF
Mark Description Member Size
FJ1 First Floor joists

B1 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)

B2 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B3 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B4 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B5 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B6 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B7 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B8 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B9 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)

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 B10 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B11 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B12 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B13 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B14 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B15 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)
B16 First Floor Beam ( treat as Bearer)

L1 Lintel
L2 Lintel
L3 Lintel
L4 Lintel
L5 Lintel
L6 Lintel
L7 Lintel
L8 Lintel
L9 Lintel

DS1 Nail Laminated Double Studs

TS1 Nail Laminated Triple Studs
P1 Square Timber Post
QS1 Steel column
LBW Timber studs in Internal Load Bearing Wall

VR1 Verandah Rafter (treat as Roof Rafters or Purlins)

VB1 Verandah Beam
VB2 Verandah Beam

C1 Steel column
GL1 Garage Brick Lintel Steel beam
GL2 Garage Brick Lintel Steel beam

No mark Top Plate

No mark Bottom Plate
No mark Common studs
WP1 Timber Wall Plate supported on brick veneer

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SAMPLE DESIGN WORKING USING SPAN TABLES OF AS1684.2 SUPPLEMENT

YOU MAY READ DIMENSIONS FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

DIRECTLY OR SCALE THE DIMENSIONS FORM THE PDF FILES USING ADOBE
ACROBAT PROFESSIONAL VERSION PROGRAM (ACROBAT READER MAY
NOT SUITABLE)

Design of Upper Roof Lintel RL8

Span ≈ 1,500 mm
Roof load width (RLW) ≈ 6,000 mm
Roof Truss spacing 600 mm (advised by roof truss manufacturer)

Using TABLE 17 LINTELS - Sheet roof - Single or upper storey loadbearing walls

AS 1684.2, Supp 4 for MGP 10 Adopt: 120X 45 MGP10 as RL8

Note 1: If roof truss spacing unknow to you, assume 1200mm conservatively

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