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Winter Semester 2013/14
Winter Semester 2014/15
Winter Semester 2015/16
Winter Semester 2016/17
Winter Semester 2017/18
Winter Semester 2018/19
Winter Semester 2019/20
Winter Semester 2020/21
Winter Semester 2021/22
Winter Semester 2022/23
Winter Semester 2023/24
Winter Semester 2024/25

ECTS credits: 3

Language: Polish

Organized by: Faculty of Architecture

Building structures 1 - Timber and Masonry AUI3017

http://wa.pb.edu.pl

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) E-learning

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(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu

(in Polish) Obowiązkowy

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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

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.