Timber structures
Next offered in 1996
H R Milner
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton *
Structural and stress grades, load duration factors, design of beams, columns, ties and connections. Mechano - sorptive behaviour, beam deflection, column buckling. Structural and clear timber, orthotropy, theories of failure, Hankinson's formula, bending theories, design properties from test data. Fracture mechanics, notches and defects. Plywood, orthotropic plate bending and buckling, thin walled timber member design. All students will complete an industrial portal frame design to Australian Standards.
Assessment
Examination (3 hours): 60% * Assignments: 40%
Prescribed texts
Milner H R Use of AS1720.1 Timber structures code Monash Timber Engineering Centre