Timber engineering
H R Milner
2 points * 13 lecture hours, 13 tutorial hours * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: CVE2122 * Corequisites: CVE3121
Design philosophy and processes: conceptualisation, alternatives, evaluation, detailed design, standardised loadings, limit state and working stress approaches, design based on computation and test, use of AS1170.1, parts 1 and 2 timber members: examples of modern timber construction, wood the material, resources, available materials, natural defects, strength groups, grading and structural grades, stress grades, basic properties, stress modification factors, deformation, analysis, design of columns, beams and ties of solid section, glued laminated beams, use of AS1720.1. Timber connections: nails, bolts, direct force and moment connections, use of AS1720.1. Plywood: service grades, stress grades, computation of structural properties, concrete formwork design. Design examples: simple beams, columns and bolted trusses.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 80% * Weekly assignments: 20%
Recommended texts
Milner H R Use of AS1720 Timber structures code: Explanatory information Monash Timber Engineering Centre, 1991
Milner H R and Smith G W Worked examples for timber structures NAFI, 1993