Hi friends, Today we’ll look at the deflection verification of timber elements. One of the difference between steel concrete and timber design is that in timber design SLS verifications like the deflection verification are much more of the most critical. Especially for spans > 5m. So today, I'll show you how to verify timber beams for their deflection. Now, let’s get into it... The 4 Steps To Verify Timber For Deflection Let's use the secondary beam of the canopy structure that we also used...
8 days ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, Today we’ll look at the shear verification of timber elements. We have to verify every timber element for shear, but from my experience the shear verification is rarely the most critical one. It might be critical if you have a few point loads close to a support. The shear properties of timber aren't too bad. As we know from simply supported or continuous beams, the biggest shear forces appear close to supports. So today, I am gonna show you how you verify timber for shear...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, I have taken it a bit slower on Structural Basics the last 3-4 weeks, because I am super busy at my full-time job right now, working many extra hours. My first triathlon Ironman 70.3 Zell am See is only 2 weeks out. So I also spent many hours training each week to get the kilometers in. And then there was also Festwoche happening which is a beer festival like Oktoberfest in my hometown Kempten. It's great. I go to the festival every year, because you meet many people you haven't...
29 days ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, Today, we’ll look at the bending design verification of timber. Bending Verification of Timber According to Eurocode 5 Bending in timber elements happens for example in every beam that is exposed to line or point loads like rafters, purlins and other beams. The strength of timber for bending is quite good. And the strength types are actually named after the bending strength. Structural wood C24 has a characteristic bending strength of 24 MPa and glulam GL28h 28MPa. So today, I am...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, Finite element analysis (FEA) is something almost every engineer nowadays uses to design steel, timber and reinforced concrete structures. But unterstanding the method and software programs that use the method is not easy. That's why I partnered with SkyCiv to produce an in-depth video tutorial showing how to use an FE program to design a 3D steel frame structure like a warehouse. Click → here ← to watch it. In the video, I'll show you how to: sign-up to SkyCiv for free model the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, Today, we’ll look at the design verification compression parallel to the grain. But before, a little update. Honest update I wanted to use a few paragraphs and share with you what I have been working on the last couple of months and weeks and how I have been feeling. 9 months ago I moved from Copenhagen to Munich and if you are interested to know what I have been up to at my job since then, I published a LinkedIn post about this on Monday which you can read here. Lately, I have...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Hi friends, Before getting into the topic of today's newsletter, I wanted to share that The Engineering Mechanics series is out now! You can read a summary of what it includes here or I also included a list of all episodes below. Engineering Mechanics is one of the first things you learn in uni. For good reason. It's the foundation of structural engineering. But there's a problem: University teachers often don't show students where in structural engineering these principles are used. For...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, The Engineering Mechanics series is out now! Engineering Mechanics is one of the first things you learn in uni. For good reason. It's the foundation of structural engineering. But there's a problem: University teachers often don't show students where in structural engineering these principles are used. For example, I was never shown in all these mechanics courses that a simply supported beam can be a pedestrian bridge or that a frame is used for many 10m span reinforced concrete...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Happy Wednesday, Welcome to the last episode of the engineering mechanics series. We’ve made it. Today, is post #16, and I am excited to share content about new topics from next week. Now, let’s get into today’s topic. Moment Of Inertia Of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Sections Last week I told you that most reinforced concrete sections of for example beams are cracked and that the stiffness is reduced once a section cracks. Cracks happen, when the tensile stress resistance of concrete is...
2 months ago • 1 min read