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| INSL7610 | Design of Timber Structures | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Korhan ÖZGAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The objective of this course is to teach basic principles of design and fundamentals of timber structures. Students will utilise their knowledge from mechanics, strength of materials and structural analysis to design a structure using timber as a material. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Practice structural mechanics knowledge to design timber structural sections. | 1,3,5,6,7,8,9,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | Desing structures made of timber, timber structural members using Eurocode 5 and TS648. | 1,3,5,9,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | Define, determine and solve timber structural problems | 1,3,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | Present a subject in front of an audience. | 7,9 | 3 | | PO - 5 : | Follow various codes and new technology. | 3,9,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 6 : | Use various structural analysis programs for timber design. | 3,11 | 3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, general knowledge about timber material, mechanical properties of timbers, design principles of timber structures according to TS647 and Eurocode-5, loads, wind loads, snow loads, types and calculation principles of connections in timber structures, tension and compression members, beams, numerical examples, drawings. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General concepts in design and properties of timber | | | Week 2 | Loads on timber structures (dead, live, wind, snow and earthquake), design methods | | | Week 3 | Allowable stress design, codes | | | Week 4 | Connection tools | | | Week 5 | Design of connection tools | | | Week 6 | Design of connection tools | | | Week 7 | Tension members | | | Week 8 | Compression members, buckling | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Beams, Lateral buckling | | | Week 11 | Design principles of timber structures according to Eurocode-5 | | | Week 12 | Design principles of timber structures according to Eurocode-5 | | | Week 13 | Design principles of timber structures according to Eurocode-5 | | | Week 14 | Truss systems | | | Week 15 | Drawings | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Chanakya, Arya, 2009; Design of Steel Structural Elements, Spon Press, London and New York. | | | |
| 1 | Odabaşı, Y., 2000; Ahşap ve Çelik Yapı Elemanları, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Abdy Kermani, 1999, Structural Timber Design, Blackwell Science Ltd., USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4-8
10-14 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3.5 | 14 | 49 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | .5 | 10 | 5 | | Ödev | 2.5 | 10 | 25 | | Proje | 2.5 | 10 | 25 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 11 | 33 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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