ENCI427 Timber Structures

Timber Design Guide

Dr. Minghao Li
minghao.li@canterbury.ac.nz
 Five sections:

1. Timber structures
2. Timber materials
3. Building behaviour
4. Member design
5. Connection design
Chapter TIMBER STRUCTURES
1 Introduction
2 Structural form
Chapter TIMBER MATERIALS
3 Forests and wood
4 Sawn timber
5 Glulam
6 LVL
7 Roundwood
8 Panel products
Chapter BUILDING BEHAVIOUR
9 Durability and treatment
10 Moisture effects
11 Timber finishes
12 Fire resistance
13 Acoustic behaviour
14 Design for lateral forces
Chapter MEMBER DESIGN
15 Design data
16 Timber beams
17 Timber columns
18 Timber trusses
19 Timber portal frames
20 Timber arches
21 Pole structures
22 Plywood structures
23 Purlins and girts
24 Multi-storey timber buildings
25 Timber flooring
26 Timber bridges
Chapter CONNECTIONS
27 Nails and screws
28 Bolted connections
29 Epoxied steel rods
 Chapter 1 – Introduction

Carbon
footprint
Wood buildings are environmental friendly

Source: Canadian Wood Council, Ottawa

Chapter 2 - Structural form p9
Chapter 2 –
Structural form
Chapter 2 - Structural form p9
Chapter 3 Forests and wood p21

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Chapter 3 Forests and wood
Chapter 4 - Sawn timber
Chapter 4 - Sawn timber p33
Chapter 5 - Glulam
Chapter 5 – Glulam
1001 kN
Chapter 6 - LVL

Veneers 3mm thick

Chapter 7 - Roundwood
Chapter 8 - Plywood
Chapter 9 – Durability p78
Chapter 10 - Moisture
Chapter 10 - Moisture
Chapter 12 – Fire resistance
 Chapter 15 - Design data

AS/NZS 1170
Structural Design Actions

NZS 3603:1993
Timber Structures Standard
 Chapter 16 – Beams

Strength ULS
Bending
Shear
Bearing
Deflection SLS
Short term
Long term
CHAPTER 17 – COLUMNS
Chapter 18 – Trusses
 Chapter 19 – Portal frames

Frame design
Nailed joints
Glued joints
Curved frames
 Chapter 20 – Arches

Glulam arches
Gang-lam
arches
Stresses in
curved
members
Chapter 22 – Plywood structures
Chapter 23 – Purlins and girts
Chapter 24 –
Multi-storey timber buildings
Old Government Buildings, Wellington, 1876
Timber Light-frame Buildings, U.S.
Murray Grove, London, UK Forté, Melbourne, Australia
Chapter 26 - Timber bridges
Chapter 27 Nails and screws
Chapter 28 bolted connections
Chapter 29 Epoxied steel rods