One key aspect of dimensioning timber elements such as beams and columns is the timber connection design. The structural elements can be well verified for bending, shear, deflection, buckling, etc. but when designing the connection…
After designing some roof elements like rafters, purlins and beams, it is now time to look at structural timber columns. Some of the concepts of designing timber elements have been mentioned in previous articles. Therefore,…
Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to design and dimension purlins due to loads acting on the roof (snow, wind, dead load).
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Structural timber design of the rafters of purlin roofs according to Eurocode 5.
The wind loads on a pitched roof are an essential part of the structural design of the roof. In this guide, you’ll learn how to calculate them.
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The vertical wind loads on flat roofs are an essential part of the structural design of the roof. In this guide, you’ll learn how to calculate them.
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The horizontal wind loads are an essential part of the structural design of a building. In this guide, you’ll learn how to calculate them.
Before calculating the wind loads, the peak velocity pressure needs to be calculated. In this guide, we show how to do that.
The snow load is an important part of any structural design. Every building needs to resist the snow load. In this blog post, I show you, step-by-step, how the characteristic snow load of a pitched…
The snow load is a crucial parameter in every structural design. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show how to calculate the snow load for flat roofs.
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