Simply Support Timber Rafter Design to Eurocode 5

Rafter Span, L 2700 mm

Rafter Size, width x depth, mm2 50 x 150
Strength Class, C 22
Bending Strength, fm.k 22 N/mm2
Shear Strength, fv.k 2.4 N/mm2
5% value of modulus of elasticity parrallel to grain, E0.05 6700 N/mm2
Design Ultimate UDL 1.2 kN/m
Service Class 1

Design Bending Strength, fm.d 10.15 N/mm2

Design Shear Strength, fv.d 1.11 N/mm2
Bending Stress, σm.d 5.83 N/mm2 < 10.15 N/mm2
Buckling Resistant, σm.cri 31.90 N/mm2
λrel.m 0.83
kcrit 0.94
kcrit*fm.d 9.52 N/mm2

Verification of Failure Condition

σm.d<kcrit*fm.d Timber Size OK!

Shear Check:
kcr*fv.d 0.74 N/mm2
τv.d 0.324 N/mm2 < 0.74 N/mm2

Verification of Failure Condition

τv.d<kcr*fv.d Timber Size OK!