Course Details
Timber buildings
Academic Year 2023/24
BHA029 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-EVB Summer Semester 3rd year
- introduction to timber buildings
- timber frame buildings
- SIP (structural insulated panel) buildings
- timber log buildings
- special timber buildings
- building physics in timber buildings
- fire safety in timber buildings
Course Guarantor
Institute
Syllabus
2-3. Timber frame buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
4. SIP (Structural Insulated Panel) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
5. Mass timber (gluelam) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
6. Timber log buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
7. Special timber buildings: timber buildings in flood zones and seismic zones, high-rise timber buildings, etc.
8. Maintenance, repairs and rehabilitation of timber buildings.
9. Building physics: Thermal performance of timber buildings in comparison to traditional masonry buildings.
10. Building physics: Indoor climate in timber buildings
11. Fire safety in timber buildings: Residential buildings.
12. Fire safety in timber buildings: Industrial buildings and warehouses.
13. Fire safety in timber buildings: Public buildings
Prerequisites
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
Forms and criteria of assessment
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction: Single- and multi-storey timber buildings, available construction materials with regard to indoor and outdoor climate, construction processes, protection of structural timber.
2-3. Timber frame buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
4. SIP (Structural Insulated Panel) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
5. Mass timber (gluelam) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
6. Timber log buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
7. Special timber buildings: timber buildings in flood zones and seismic zones, high-rise timber buildings, etc.
8. Maintenance, repairs and rehabilitation of timber buildings.
9. Building physics: Thermal performance of timber buildings in comparison to traditional masonry buildings.
10. Building physics: Indoor climate in timber buildings
11. Fire safety in timber buildings: Residential buildings.
12. Fire safety in timber buildings: Industrial buildings and warehouses.
13. Fire safety in timber buildings: Public buildings
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus