Happy Wednesday friends, In the last newsletters we covered the tensile capacity of nails, screws, bolts and staples. In the next few episodes, we'll cover the shear capacity of these connectors. This is were the real fun starts as there are many different formulas. In this newsletter I'll give you an overview of the different shear connection types and in the next few episodes we'll dive deeper into the nerdy calculations. Let's get into it.. Overview of the different shear connectors...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Hello friends, Today, we'll cover the tensile capacity of stapled connections. Stapled connections are verified like nails according to EN 1995-1-1 8.4 (1). Therefore today's article will be more of a repetition as we have already verfied a nailed connection for its tensile capacity. Let's get into it.. The 4 Steps To Calculate The Tensile Capacity of Staples According To Eurocode The axial capacity of staples is calculated according to EN 1995-1-1 8.4. But EN 1995-1-1 8.4 (1) refers to EN...
16 days ago • 3 min read
Hello friends, I didn't send out a newsletter for 2 weeks and I am sorry about that. I was super busy moving into a new place with my girlfriend, while also being busy at work and with my marathon prep. This finally get a little bit quieter in the next weeks, so you will hear from me at least every two weeks, if not every week! In the last 2 episodes we covered how to calculate the tensile capacity of nails and screws. Today, we'll look at the tensile capacity calculation of bolts. Let's get...
30 days ago • 3 min read
Happy Wednesday friends, Last week I didn't publish a newsletter. A lot of stuff is happening at the moment. Work is busy as usual, I've met up with a few engineers from Munich that I've connected with on LinkedIn and I am about to move into a very nice apartment with my girlfriend. So the newsletter will probably be biweekly for the next few weeks. Hope you understand. Today, we'll look into the tensile capacity of screws. Let's get into it.. The 4 Steps To Calculate The Tensile Capacity of...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Happy Wednesday friends, Today, we'll get started with the design calculations of timber connections. In this 1st article, we'll cover the tensile capacity of nails. Let's get into it.. The 4 Steps To Calculate The Tensile Capacity of Nails According To Eurocode The axial capacity of nails is calculated according to EN 1995-1-1 8.3.2. According to EN 1995-1-1 8.3.2 smooth nails shouldn't be used to resist permanent or long-term axial loading. This means nails should only be used for...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, Today is already episode #18 of the timber design series. In the previous episodes we learned how to verify timber elements for bending, shear, torsion, etc. We also learned how to verify timber elements like slabs, walls and beams. I showed you how to verify timber slabs for vibration (you'll find the links to the previous articles in the end of this e-mail). These verifications are only the basics of timber design, because the most critical and challenging part of timber design...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Happy Wednesday friends, Today, we'll cover CLT walls, and I'll show you how to design and verify it according to Eurocode. To design the CLT walls, I'll show a free software tool that I use myself whenever I design CLT walls. It's called Calculatis and it's made by Stora Enso which is a CLT manufacturer. Let's get into it.. The 8 Steps To Verify CLT Walls According To Eurocode Let's use the following system as an example to verify the CLT wall. The picture only shows the CLT wall and...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Happy New Year and welcome back, Today, we'll cover timber stud walls, and I'll show you how to design and verify it according to Eurocode. What is a Timber Stud Wall? Timber stud walls consist of a horizontal timber beam at the top and the bottom and vertical timber beams/columns. On the inside and outside timber plates are used to stabilise the element. The 8 Steps To Verify Timber Stud Walls According To Eurocode Let's use the following system as an example to verify the stud wall. The...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Happy Wednesday and welcome back, Today, we'll cover CLT floors, and I'll show you how to design and verify it according to Eurocode. What is a CLT Floor? Before designing it, we first need to know what CLT and a CLT floor is and how it works. CLT stands for cross-laminated timber. It means that timber layers (in most cases structural wood like C24) are stacked together at right angles. Like for example the first layer points in y-direction, layer 2 and 4 in x-direction, while layers 3 and 5...
4 months ago • 5 min read
