Winter Semester 2008/09
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Building structures 1 - Timber and Masonry AUN3017
Analysis and design of uniformly compressed walls and columns for strength.
Analysis and design of eccentrically compressed walls, columns, and arches for strength.
Analysis and design of plates and beams in bending for stiffness and strength.
Analysis and design of walls and columns for lateral buckling.
(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
knowledge of mechanical properties of wood, masonry and composites
ability to analyse stresses in structural components and their strength
ability to analyse flexural stiffness and bukling factors of structures
working ability to design safe and efficient structures
Assessment criteria
Design classes:
5 partial written tests based on simple design tasks
Grades:
3/5 minimum to pass
4/5 good
5/5 excellent
Exam:
Written, 5 theoretical issues
Grades:
3/5 minimum to pass
4/5 good
5/5 excellent
Bibliography
a) basic references:
1. E. Allen, Form and forces: designing efficient,expressive structures. Hoboken: Wiley, 2010.
2. M. Salvadori, Structure in architecture: the building of buildings. Englewood Cliffos, Prentice-Hall, 1975.
b) supplementary references:
1. Ch. Arya, Design of structural elements: concrete, steelwork, masonry and timber designs to British standards and Eurocodes. London, Spon Press, 2009.