Building materials and appropriate constructions of timber construction

The interdisciplinary seminar " Timber Structures: Materials and Appropriate Design " covers the building material wood, the derived construction products, and their appropriate application. It addresses issues in timber construction and their backgrounds (hygroscopicity, anisotropy, heterogeneity, biological properties) and derives methods for developing robust and reliable timber construction details in practice.

Furthermore, it discusses typical load-bearing structures in timber construction, their load-bearing mechanisms, the necessary construction and connection elements, and their advantages and disadvantages. This includes examining various damage scenarios and their causes to prevent such damage in the future and to design durable constructions.

This seminar serves in addition as preparation for the interdisciplinary design seminar “Interdisciplinary Structural Development in Timber Construction,” which is offered in the summer semester. 

1st meeting: 25.10.2024; 2:00 p.m.
Rule date: Friday 2:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Delivery/Examination: after announcement!
Number of participants: unlimited