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Apre-schemedesignguide 2ndedition

Structuraltimber elements

Apre-schemedesignguide

Structuraltimberelements

Apre-schemedesignguide

questions.Whatshouldthebuildingbemadefrom?Whereshouldcolumns orwallsbelocated?Isitaframedbuildingordoesithaveloadbearing fordetaildevelopment.

Structuraltimberelements:apre-schemedesignguidehasbeendevelopedfor useasanat-a-glancecomparativereferenceforstructuraltimberoptionsto assistwiththepre-schemedesignprocess.

Structuralengineerswhomayhavedesignedbuildingsoutofsteeland

structuraluseoftimberintheUK.JamesNormanofBristolUniversitywas timberexperts.

Anoteonthesecondedition

Anewchapteronrobustnesshasbeenaddedtothesecondeditionofthis

stabilityoptions,anddisproportionatecollapse.Additionaldetailhasbeen addedonmoisturemovement,typicalmomentconnectioncapacities,and

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7 Contents 1Pre-schemedesign9 2Howtousethisbook11 2.4Governingdesigncriteria 14 2.6Acousticperformance 17 2.7Moistureandmovement 19 3Robustness 21 4Productselection37 4.4Roofoptions 48 4.5Walloptions 50 4.6Beamoptions 52 4.8Typesoftimberconnections 55 5Initialsizing 61 5.2Roofs 84 5.4Beams 128 5.6Momentconnectioncapacity 157 5.7Estimatingmoisturemovement 166
8 6Nextstage 171 6.1Sawntimberandglulam 171 6.2I-joists 172 6.7Robustnessanddisproportionatecollapse 175 6.8Moisturemovement 175 References 181

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Whereshouldcolumnsorwallsbelocated?Isitaframedbuildingordoesit ofthatprocessisthe‘scheme’thatthearchitectandstructuralengineerwill

Theprimaryreadershipisstructuralengineerswhomayhavedesigned buildingsofsteelandconcretebuthavenotacquiredsignificantexperience intimber.Itwillalsobeusefultoarchitects,buildingdesigners,lecturersand students.

ofthestructure;thereareotherresourcesthatprovidethisinformationas

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Figure1.1 Figure1.1:Whentousethisbook

2.2Howtousethedesigncharts

Figure2.2showshowproductsareselectedforvariousapplicationsin Chapter4andtheninitiallysizedinChapter5.

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Figure2.2:Visualcontents

pre-schemedesignspantablesprovidedcanbeused,butthiswilloverestimatedeflectionsandthereforejoistcentrescanbeincreasedasthedesign develops.

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portation.Insulationcanbeinstalledintopanelsduringfabrication,further speedingupconstructiononsite.

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andconnected.Avarietyofdifferentconnections areavailable,includingglue(effectivelyinthis asBrettstapelandavoidstheuseofgluesandmetal).

formofconstructionquitevariableatpresentintheUK.Thebondingofthe asingledirection.Thereforeanyholes(includingwindows)requireframing asthematerialisunabletospanintheminoraxis.

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asglulam,exceptthatthetimberisbuiltupin layerswithdifferentlayershavingtimberslaidin perpendiculardirections.Theresultingpanelisa solidtimberpanelthathassignificantstrengthin bothdirections.Theratioofthesestrengthscanbe

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theearlystagesofdesign

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