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...
20 days 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...
27 days 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 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Wednesday, The last 2 weeks, you got an introduction to what the moment of inertia and section modulus are and how you calculate them for “easy” and common cross-sections. BUT, we didn’t cover one of the most used cross-sections in structural engineering, the reinforced concrete cross-section, which is a composite section. So, today, we’ll cover how you calculate the moment of inertia of uncracked reinforced concrete sections, because you need that when you calculate a reinforced...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friends, The section modulus is used in many structural calculations. We’ll show a few of these later in the article. It also depends on the shape and dimensions of a cross-section as the moment of inertia. In fact, the section modulus and moment of inertia of a cross-section are very similar, and often times we can use one or the other. In this Structural Basics episode, we’ll show you the difference between section modulus and moment of inertia. Welcome to post #15 of the engineering...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, Moment of inertias are used in many structural calculations. It depends on the shape and dimensions of a cross-section. And calculating the moment of inertia can be a bit tricky if the cross-section is irregular. So, today we’ll cover: First, what a moment of inertia is How to calculate the moment of inertia Links to formulas for different cross-sections Bonus tip: Quick calculation of the moment of inertia of complex cross-sections So let’s get into it. What Is The Moment Of...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read